Our Lake Itasca Pilgramage

Yesterday we completed our pilgramage to Lake Itasca. As the photo shows,
we capped our adventure by christening our Itasca motor home with water from the lake, thereby making it official. We had always thought that Itasca was a Native American name, but it turns out that it's a contraction of two latin words meaning Truth (verITAS) and Head (CAbos), because what up until then had been called Elk Lake was the true headwaters of the Mississippi. (Turns out, Mississippi is an approximation of the Objibwa word for long, winding river....so how appropriate is that!)

So, our Durango has been to Durango, Colorado (many times), and now our Itasca has been to Lake Itasca. I guess that means a Saturn is probably not in our future...

I am trying to find a place to post the movie version of the motor home christening, if you would like to see it before then you can E-mail me and I will send it to you when we get a good broad band connection...

Jim and Cathy