I was shocked to see that in this day and age, states could refuse to serve people! This would never fly if it was based on race or religion, how can they do this? Sometimes it's not even obvious. How do they know what is in people's hearts??
I don't get it either. But then again that could have something to do with why they are the lowest state based on financial revenue.
Awesomeness
I just love your in depth trip reports, with pictures! Thank you!
And I love reading questions and your answers! Can I ask about motion sickness? I've read the larger cruises like Disney, you don't feel the motion too much, but how is it on a river cruise, especially if you're getting on and off each day?
Thank you very much! You know I was on the Dream in December and it was pretty rough. One of our table mates didn't make dinner the first night she was feeling so ill. I don't think getting on and off makes much difference for the motion of the boat. This one was very smooth. In fact one couple who we sat with at breakfast were on the River Cruise because they were afraid of the motion at sea, and afraid to be out on the open ocean where they couldn't see land.
I kind of figured they'd be pricey being in the US. I'd be on the deck with the rocking chairs with an ice cream or chocolate chip cookie.
On the one hand it was definitely pricey, but they also made up for it somewhat by not nickel and dimeing you for things like specialty coffees, bottled water, beer and wine at dinner, etc.
Heard you're feeling under the weather, Alison. Hope you get to feeling better quickly and your energy comes back soon.
Oh, and you will hear more about it too! The energy is slowly coming back.
I saw that!
I looked (briefly) at their web site and saw that.
Intriguing, but I just don't have that amount of time right now.
Yeah, I can't imagine taking a trip that long. At some point while we were still on the cruise I started having dreams about my little Tesla which made me realize that I obviously was starting to miss my kitties.
Yep. You know me too well!
But that's gravy.
What I saw down south looked more like lumpy oatmeal.
Those lumps were probably chunks of sausage!
It's their boat. I guess they can make up words if they want to.
Fair enough.
I've noticed that!
Often I have to double check with her and make sure she's not mad or grumpy because she often has quite a sour look on her face, and it's usually for no reason.
I had a similar experience in Germany.
I tried and tried to start the car... no luck.
Finally an attendant came by and started it for me.
You had to put your foot on the brake.
D'uh!
I'm glad that I'm not the normal driver. Too many things to worry about!
That sucks.
I'd be okay with 50s music too.
I didn't mind it too much because he actually played quietly, so if I had someone in the bar to talk with, we could have had a conversation. Not like clubs today and in my day where you had to yell to be heard over the music.
Lions and tigers and now bears, oh my!
Where?
So two pushy broads with their butts in chairs?
Actually this woman was way more pushy than Fran ever is. I started to realize on this cruise that old people don't really notice that they aren't the only people around.
Ohhhh... I assumed they just had small fleets in each town.
Or more likely, that they contracted out in each town.
No, we had the same bus drivers the whole time. And they were also "full time" employees of the company. I was talking to one of them (later in the week) and he said that the longest they have to drive to the next city is two hours. Most of the time it's only one hour. Then they get a hotel room and some dinner. They had at least four buses, and I'm guessing that there were extra drivers because the buses were going just about 8 hours every day.
Of course.
Paddlewheel... shallow draft. Makes sense now.
That was part of the whole Riverboat scene in the late 1800s. They could land just about anywhere (except if there was a huge silt build up) and haul all kinds of cargo. Passengers were really an afterthought on the original steamboats.
"Hey Fred. Didn't we leave the boat here?"
Seems big to misplace, doesn't it?
Maybe not misplace, but it might be floating around somewhere in the middle of the river!
I see what you mean about narrow.
Sometimes they had giant hoses that we'd have to get her scooter over. (I assumed that day they were flushing out the sewage because it was hooked up to a big pipe in the ground.) Other days I think they were replenishing the water supply.
Whoa! Don't tip over Fran!
I know I was worried about that too!
It sure is!
That's really quite high!
Seems odd they'd build so close to the river.
I think this year was one of the anomalies for flooding.
Well, that just sucks.
Sucks even more that you didn't get to really play.
I know. I was definitely bummed, but I do know when to quit.
I'm not sure. I only caught the last song. I mainly wanted the free champagne!
It does look the same (without going back to look.)
And later I found out that I was right. I even commented to the bartender and she didn't know we had actually veered off the river itself.
Wonder what crawled up her butt.
Maybe she's just an extreme introvert.
But you did say you could eat by yourself at a small table, didn't you?
We would have had to arrange for that prior to the cruise or the first night. We thought that she was homophobic, because she had no problem talking to Jenny or Nigel the other tablemates. Her husband was fine, he was always saying "Hello" when we would see them on the buses or around the boat. We just ignored her, and it wasn't hard because she was very mouselike. (And not like Mickey or Minnie)
Like that picture of the three of you.
Thanks! I had to make my own photo opportunities since they didn't have the photographers like Disney cruises.
I think I had plenty of wine that leaving some was OK. They never let your glass get empty unless you told them to stop pouring.
Then you probably did!
Yes you are probably right! But we'll find out soon.
Ok, I THINK I'm all caught up. I couldn't think of a whole lot of witty repartee, but it looks like you were enjoying both the cruise and the casino. I would have been fascinated by the engine room!
Cruise, yes. Casino, not so much. I thought about you down in the Engine Room. There were guys there that you could ask questions of, but I didn't even know enough to think of a question to ask. I could see you down there chatting with them for quite some time. It would have probably been even more fascinating if I had a clue what was going on!
Glad that your lens wasn't broken though! 
