On day 7 we headed all the way to the end of Tennessee and stayed at a very interesting campground right on the west bank of the Mississippi River. There was little shade, and it was HOT, but the kids like seeing the big shipping barges. I was a little disappointed, since I had been hoping for grandiose riverboats with jazz music and people dancing on the decks, but there was none of that. Mila was convinced there were “animals” in the river that kept coming up to the surface, but I am pretty sure it was just trash.