[flying Elvis]

Actually, the did try to rerout the Mississippi. You can see the remnants of the canal just off I-20 on the Louisiana side of the river.

[Graycliff]

I'll make it a point to stop and see next time. Every time we've been through there it's been in the evening. We stay at the Battlefield Inn, We hit the casino's a night then go to the war Museum in the morning.
Beautiful country.
We love it.