I was hanging out with family this past summer, sitting outside my brother’s house along the Wisconsin River in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The Olympic opening ceremonies were on TV inside. Water had been such a huge topic in the days leading up to the games, and our conversation eventually turned to the river flowing in front of us.At one point someone asked about the longest river in the U.S. The majority of those who had given ear to the conversation immediately went for the obvious answer: the Mississippi. I was among the majority and was, of course, wrong. It’s the Missouri.
