{"id":329,"date":"2011-03-05T08:19:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/?p=329"},"modified":"2011-08-18T08:38:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T14:38:26","slug":"toots-remembers-the-delta-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/toots-remembers-the-delta-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Toots&#8221; remembers the Delta Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: small;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/greatriver.com\/new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"31\" height=\"21\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-341 aligncenter\" title=\"low toots cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-cover-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-cover-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-cover.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Toots&#8221; Maloy, who for some 30+ years was the &#8220;face&#8221; of the <em>Delta Queen<\/em> and <em>Mississippi Queen<\/em> recently sent me her new memoir of her days on the paddlewheelers.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-2632865458600424\"; \/* WaterwayBlog *\/ google_ad_slot = \"8381973889\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I found it doubly interesting because it was NOT a history of the company, but truly a memoir of her days on the boats, recounted as she made the last river journey of the <em>Delta Queen<\/em> to its current Tennessee berth.<\/p>\n<p>Toots also serves as our eyes and ears as she gets a last look at the mold-infested shell of the <em>Mississippi Queen. <\/em> All of us who loved traveling the Delta Queen fleet, who loved traveling with Riverlorians &#8220;Toots&#8221;, \u00a0Bill Wiemuth, and the rest of the crew, will find this a poignant reminder of how much has been lost with the cruising paddlewheelers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-342\" title=\"low toots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/www.greatriver.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/low-toots.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t just lost a vessel,&#8221; Toots writes, &#8220;we lost a way of life. 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