Mississippi River Cruise Album
This is a cruise down the Mississippi on the American
Duchess Paddleboat.  The cruise went from Memphis
to New Orleans in October 2017.
The WW II National Museum is
in New Orleans
Mississippi Ports
The American Duchess landing at Natchez,
Mississippi.
The  Nottaway stop features
the largest pre-civil war home
built.
Tennessee Ports
Nachez has many pre-civil war
mansions.  This is the Rosalie
Mansion.
Ports of Call:
Includes Elvis's home at
Graceland
Memphis has the Blues, Elvis
and BBQ
The Vicksburg album includes
the Vicksburg National Military
Park.  This is
one of 1,325
monuments, the Missouri
Monument
.
Louisiana Ports
The St. Francisville port has
the haunted house of the
Myrtle Plantation
The New Orleans port has
Bourbon Street, the French
Quarter, Mansions and this
view of New Orleans at night.
Baton Rouge Port has photos
from the state capital building
from the 30 floor.
The Mississippi
River
A grain elevator near Baton
Rouge.
Over 100 barges parked near
Baton Rouge
to wait out the
hurricane
.
This tugboat is pushing 56
barges--7 X 8=56.
There were ocean going ships
as far north as
Baton Rouge.
The river was over 30' low.  The
USS Kidd was left high and dry!