What is one example of how the author uses similes and personifies the river in Mississippi Solo?

An author's style can be formal, using complex language and sentence structures, ... Find another example of a simile in this memoir.

Simile: "sprinkles passed over like army scouts; " The comparison connects sparse drops that hint at the full "army" of rain to come.

Personification: "The river was talking to me" The river was not actually talking but the author is giving person-like qualities to the river