[niteowl77]

The last time I saw the Delta Queen lock through on the Upper Mississippi, she was looking a little tired… that may have actually been her last trip downstream, or close to it. Unlike newer, larger sisters, she isn't a caricature of a steamboat (though she loses Mississippi River style points by having a single, centered stack).

I still remember clearly the guy in the House - Democrat, of course - firing the torpedo into the exemption she needed. In a bit of irony, the Delta Queen still managed to outlast him.

Mr. niteowl77

[sphinx]

I was on the Delta Queen once as a kid but have never taken a cruise since. A Civil War cruise is somewhere on my bucket list. What is your objection to the modern boats, aside from being steel? I grant that wood is nice, but on balance, I’ve no real objection to fire protection.