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ALERT: The Mississippi River is going to see renewed
paddlewheeler action!
American Cruise Lines, a small-ship operator based in the US
state of Connecticut is reported to be building a 140-passenger vessel and
hopes to have it in the water by 2012. US industry website, Travel Pulse,
says the vessel will have "an old-fashioned
appearance" and balconies for 90% of cabins. More details, including
itineraries, will be announced next month.
Also, the former Cruise West vessel, Glacier Bay, is being
refitted to cruise the Mississippi River. More info on our "Ramblin' On"
travel, heritage, and natural history blog!
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our feature stories on Heritage, Natural History, and Recreation Resources
for visiting the Mississippi River. Our "Ramblin' On"
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PHOTOS of Ireland,
both the Shannon River Princess and our road trip, have just been
posted at our Great River Photo site. Watch for our upcoming feature stories
about cruising the SHANNON RIVER in
Ireland.
WHEN
FISH FLY... Asian Bighead Carp have infiltrated well into the Upper
Mississippi River. For some really good
photos of really big
fish from the Upper Mississippi, check out our regularly updated
FISHING REPORT
from Clements Barge in Genoa.
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Could an Earthquake Happen along the
Mississippi River?
With all the coverage of the 7.0 magnitude quake in Haiti,
interest has shifted to the USA. Could it happen here?
Check our Volume 3
of DISCOVER AMERICA's GREAT RIVER ROAD for extensive detail on
the New Madrid Fault which lies beneath the Mississippi River from
approximately Memphis, Tennessee,
to St. Louis, Missouri.
Quakes which occurred in February 1812 may have been as
massive as 8.9 on the modern-day Richter Scale! Click here to see
today's RAMBLIN' ON
to translate that into a TNT equivalent!
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Medieval villages of the MIDI-PYRENEES south of Toulouse, France. Under the
USA section, we have a new feature on the Missouri Wine Trails out of St.
Louis.
We have explored "10 Best" destinations along
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. We hope you will enjoy your Olympics
preview in our #1 rated WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS!
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Mississippi River for 23
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destinations... and many you've never heard of!
Falling Leaves expose
landslides and mudflows from August '07 You may also be interested in the story behind the "Rock in the House", When Bluffs
Throw Boulders or
The Flood of 1993
11-15"
overnight rainfall along the Upper Mississippi River in August '07 is now
described as a 1000-year rainfall which turned clay and silt covering the bluffs
into gelatin.
Click to See complete story and
summary.
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