{"id":1229,"date":"2015-08-04T08:14:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1229"},"modified":"2020-02-23T14:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T20:22:18","slug":"small-boat-cruise-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/small-boat-cruise-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Boat Cruise Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>&nbsp;for the Mississippi and other great world waterways<\/strong>.<br \/>\nby Pat and Richard Middleton<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much as we love traveling the Mississippi River, great river adventures await throughout the world!!!&nbsp;Click on BLUE VERBIAGE LINKS or the PHOTOS to reach the full travel feature!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/greatriver.com\/grtitle.jpg\" alt=\"Click logo to return to www.greatriver.com  ...Steamboats, houseboats and fantastic sunsets offer only a peek at life along the Mississippi River valley! Small boat cruising is king along the river. Small boats include paddlewheelers, houseboats, and day cruising. There are few overnight cruises available, but several of the small cruising boats offer overnights in hotels along the river. Check out the JBS, the Twilight, and Celebration Cruise Lines.\" width=\"374\" height=\"164\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"color: #003399; font-family: Arial;\">CONCISE INDEX to TRAVEL INSIGHT FEATURES for the MISSISSIPPI RIVER<\/span> <span style=\"color: #003399; font-family: Arial;\">and other great world waterways.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Waterway Cruise Reports <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #003399; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">by Pat and Richard Middleton<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'; font-size: x-large;\"><b>Welcome to our extensive <i>WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS INDEX <\/i>&nbsp;page!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b>The Waterway Cruise Reports page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/\">www.greatriver.com<\/a> is rated <i>#1 by Google <\/i>for Waterway Cruise Reports and SMALL BOAT Cruise Reports. Here you will find reports on our journeys on the Yangtze River, the Mosel, the Lez, the Rhine, the Amazon, the Frazer, the Canal du Midi and many, many more.&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\">Nor is land travel exempt! We report to you on the ice fields of the Canadian Rockies, the Glaciers in Alaska, Hiking in southern France, and more. Click on a country, a form of travel, or visit our TRAVEL PHOTO GALLERY. Photos and note cards of our travels can be purchase at our online shopping cart.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/alaska.htm\">ALASKA<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/france.htm\">FRANCE<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/canada.htm\">CANADA<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/SHANNON\/princess.htm\">IRELAND<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/caribbean.htm\">MEXICO, CARIBBEAN<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/southamerica.htm\">SOUTH AMERICA<\/a>, Including the GALAPAGOS Islands<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/usa.htm\">UNITED STATES MAINLAND<\/a><br \/>\n(Columbia River, Mississippi River, Flathead River, Arkansas River Rafting, etc.)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #808000; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'; font-size: large;\"><b>SPECIALTY TRAVEL<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/birding.htm\">BIRDING<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/train.htm\">TRAIN JOURNEYS<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/hiking.htm\">HIKING<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/waterwayindex\/rivercruising.htm\">RIVER CRUISING Around the World<\/a><br \/>\n(China, Amazon, Rhine, Mosel, Nile, etc.)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #808000; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\"><b>PHOTO JOURNALISM GALLERY<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Let us know your comments which are now easy to post on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.smugmug.com\/Travel\">PHOTO ART SITE.<\/a> Looking for a great photo to commemorate your trip to Alaska, Mexico, or the Caribbean? You&#8217;ll find some of the best from traveler and photographer, Rich Middleton. We will gradually be posting our extensive travel photo collections at our site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.smugmug.com\/Travel\">www.greatriver.smugmug.com\/Travel<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"color: #800080; font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC';\">RETURN TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER HOME PAGE at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/\">www.greatriver.com<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2007\/10\/25\/us\/25delta3.600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"280\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For EVERYTHING MISSISSIPPI visit our archives:<\/strong> &nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/\">MISSISSIPPI RIVER HOME<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/waterwaycruises\/index.htm\">WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/order.htm\">River Books, Note Cards and Gifts<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/featur.htm\">Feature Articles<\/a> |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/fishing\/fishreport.htm\">FISHING<\/a>| |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriverarts.com\/\">Hand-painted HISTORIC MAPS<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/class.htm\">River Classifieds<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/greatriver.com\/about.htm\">Contact Us&nbsp;<\/a> |&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smugmug.com\/gallery\/7441935_FvFVfd#534705234_CDSHj\">Press Releases<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.smugmug.com\/\">Photo Gallery<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/greatriver.com\/links.htm\">Links<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/cranes.htm\">BIRDING<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATERWAY CRUISE REPORTS &nbsp;for the Mississippi and other great world waterways. by Pat and Richard Middleton Much as we love traveling the Mississippi River, great river adventures await throughout the world!!!&nbsp;Click on BLUE VERBIAGE LINKS or the PHOTOS to reach &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/small-boat-cruise-reviews\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1229\/revisions\/2413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}