Guess who came to town? She arrived via the Mississippi coming from St. Louis and heading to the Twin Cities. She's majestic and her name is the American Queen. She hails from Memphis and arrived in La Crosse with friends who disembarked for a day of sight seeing in the Coulee Region, 147 of them.
You see American Queen is a luxurious floating hotel transporting passengers on one of our largest waterways via a not so new mode of transport, the paddleboat of yesteryear.
Some of our city's Historical Society women were on hand to greet and meet the passengers dressed in time appropriate attire regardless of the high humidity and temp that that the Southern Lady must have brought with her.
This type of travel doesn't come cheap as an inside stateroom starts at $1,000 and prices continue up to $3,000.
If you want to see your country, I think this would be a great way to enjoy the River towns and I for one am glad that La Crosse is one of their stops and graced our Riverside Park!
You captured some nice photos of the Queen. It's always exciting to see them roll into town. I admire the dedication of those dressed up in the period dress of that time. I don't know how women could stand wearing all that regardless of the weather. It's a good thing I was born when I was.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and majestic vessel. It was huge! It would have been nice to see her pull out and see the water action on the paddle wheels.
ReplyDeleteSepia tone was nice touch on dressed up ladies! (The lady on the right, in my picture, has a crabby looking expression.) The heat???