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| American Queen River Boat |
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| Paddle Wheel on the Mississippi |
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| Dining Room |
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| Grand Saloon--Golds, Nelsons, Flandros, Whetmans with Bob |
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| Lobster tail dinner |
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| Meals were so good |
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| Snack time with Whetmans |
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| Looking into our room |
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| Getting ready for the day. Small, quaint Victorian room on steamboat. Opened onto our deck with patio chairs beside our door. Explored and had popcorn, ice cream, etc. Dinner at 5:15-Beef tips-huge portions. Too much. Staff show good music sung by has-been’s—kind of overweight but great voices. Some of our group got handicap room. Must remember to ask for those—lots more room at same price. This boat company also owns HOHO buses that travel the road and meet us daily at port to take us sightseeing. They also carry golf carts to help the handicapped go from the boat to the bus. So nice for Bob and others |
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| Beale Street Memphis |
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| MLK Museum- |
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| Just what we needed--from ship's deck overlooking Memphis, Tennessee |
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| Scripture plaque at MLK museum. Bob cried as he read it. |
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| Famous Peabody hotel downtown Memphis |
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Outside our cabin Lorraine Motel-site of MLK shooting |
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| Confederate Flag-Jefferson Davis museum |
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| Hebrew Temple-Greenville |
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| Stain glass windows in Hebrew Temple Greenville |
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| Stain glass- 6 by Tiffany in Catholic church Greenville |
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| Oldest Wooden Carousel-Greenville -rainy afternoon-Learned so much about the flood of 1927
that wiped out so much of the south—destroyed cotton fields, sharecroppers who
then left to go north, and ruined their way of life. Saw a great documentary about it in their
museum. Also rode the oldest wooden carousel, visited Hebrew Temple with now only 20 members with 10 of them from one
family. Visited a church with beautiful stained-glass
windows—several from Tiffany’s. Listened
to the steamboat’s calliope play favorite river songs |
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| Looking into mirror--Connie, Kathy, Nancy- |
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| children's clothing Jefferson Home |
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| Vicksburg--home to the first bottled Coca cola |
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| Jefferson Davis Photo |
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| Jefferson Davis home-Vicksburg |
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| Vicksburg Visitor Center-pouring rain- Great civil war town. Learned the history of
the civil war turning point. Toured Jefferson Davis home, Coca cola museum, and
Confederate museum |
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| Button store in St Francisville |
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| Magnolia Mansion-Natchez, Miss |
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| Flooded road in Natchez |
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| Oldest church and graveyard in St Francisville |
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| Rosalie Mansion |
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| William Johnson home-Natchez--Toured 3 mansions. Built on the bluff but their plantations were across the river in Louisiana. At one time Natchez had more millionaires than New York city—until the flood, fire, the civil war and the boll weevil. Now Miss is the poorest state in the country. Natchez down under was a hotspot for gambling and other vices. Kitchens were built separate from homes. Visited African American Museum. Nice black young man as guide who loved Utah—Stockton and Karl Malone. Part of the road had flooded so the bus shuttled us up to the bluff. Served BBQ ribs etc. Banjo player so good |
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| Myrtle tree-no bark |
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| Myrtlesville Plantation--haunted. see figures in mirrors |
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| This is the life for us--Myrtlesville plantation. Trees have no bark. Spanish Moss growing all over the trees but
don’t take nourishment from them. It
just hangs and catches water and airborne nourishment. Visited Button store,
old church and had to be shuttled about 20 mins inland. Ate canapes by pool and hot tubbed. Fun to
visit with guests. |
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| Gardens of the Capital building-Baton Rouge, La. |
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| Looking down from 27th story onto Miss River and steamboat |
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| Old Capital Building--French influence Baton Rouge |
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| Our dock at Baton Rouge |
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| Docked beside the USS Kidd WWII destroyer museum |
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| Widest and tallest bridge across the Mississippi River--Baton Rouge |
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| Guide at Nottoway Plantation |
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| Side view Nottoway Plantation |
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| Nottoway Plantation--Beautiful
place now a B&B. Sugar cane plantation- 7 acres, 165 slaves- 64 room mansion,11
children. We watched a movie in |
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| Myrtlesville Plantation-Golds, Whetmans and Bob New Orleans -Breakfast and disembarked to Hilton. Had help taking our luggage over. Saw Calvin the nice young man who helped Bob daily get on and off golf carts. Tipped him and thanked him so much. Wrote him up on survey for his kindness. Everyone is so kind and nice. Really felt southern hospitality. Took the HOHO city tour of New Orleans. Got off a few stops. Stored luggage at Hilton Got Uber at 4 for the airport. Ate dinner there and got special attention with wheelchair—good seats and movies free from Dallas to home. Travis so nice to pick us up at 1 a.m. home and in bed by 2 a.m. |
