It was a perfect day for a 9.2 mile kayak down the Mississippi from Grand Rapids.

Map showing a 9.2-mile kayak route along the Mississippi River southeast from Grand Rapids Minnesota past La Prairie.

We were going with the current so you could paddle as much as you wished, and then take a break and still float right down the river.

Two people in red life jackets kayaking on a calm tree-lined river, one taking a selfie wearing a green Minnesota Wild cap and sunglasses. Smiling child in a gray life jacket paddling an orange Wilderness kayak on a calm tree-lined stretch of the Mississippi River. Blond child in a red Qatar Airways shirt and life jacket sits in a blue kayak on the Mississippi River, smiling back at the camera Two people paddling a tandem orange kayak on a calm tree-lined river stretch of the Mississippi near Grand Rapids. Four kayakers paddling red kayaks down a calm tree-lined stretch of the Mississippi River near Grand Rapids Person in a red shirt and sun hat fishing from an orange kayak on the Mississippi River, with a forested bank behind them.