Members of this Houston, Texas, family visiting in Jackson stopped off in Vicksburg to get as close as they could to the Mississippi River. Playing in the Yazoo River Diversion Canal at City Front Wednesday are sisters Hailee Jonas and Hope Benson, at right. At left, Willer Everett holds 1-year-old Anderson Tanner as she and 9-year-old Kennedy Wilson look through the muddy river water at the bricks. Other family members are in the background. (Katie Carter*The Vicksburg Post)