Queen Mary (photo now here)

In Minneapolis & St Paul Minnseota USA we have a few older paddle boats that cruise up & down the Mississippi River. tHEY'RE RUN BY jOHNATHAN pADDLEFORD cOMPANY i THINK. They have daily cruises then night cruises. The nighttime cruises are a dinner & dance cruise. An elegant meal served then dancinf to live music. Usually a big band era music. Ive been on it a couple times. A lot of fun. I rated the pic also after a sore neck from turning sideways to view it. HAHAHAHA. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

great picture:) i've never seen a paddle boat in person,but the louisiana area had some. i say some,because i don't know how many were damaged after hurricane katrina.

How old is it? I have always wanted to go on a paddle boat. there's so much history with them.

Omgosh that is beautigul! I had to turn my head to view it lol! Thanks for sharing it!

What a beautiful picture! I would love to be on this boat, it's so cool. It must be pretty old. Those old boats had so much class. I'd love to see the inside of it.

That's is so very cool. But I'm a huge history buff and love boats. I especially love taking boat tours every place I go I look for one down the river of the place I mean they have to have a river right? well unless I'm in the desert and well the desert makes my hair frizzy and.. lol what was i talking about?? aw yes the picture your husband did a great job and i went right over and rated it hope you have a wonderful weekend your friend Cheryl

About 7 years ago my son to Korea being in the army. We took him to his departure point and along the way we stopped at St Louis. He Took the grandkids up in the arches. after that we crossed the river and had lunch on one of those paddle boats. It a very nice experience. Those old paddle boats are full of romance. from the past. They were very dangerious too. The crews would get to racing the river and get the steam engines so hot that they would explode and kill some of the passengers. A lot of lives were lost on them.

Thanks for this link also. I was downtown Minneaplois Saturday afternoon walking along the Mississippi River. So I drove to the loading dock for the Johnathon Paddlefords Paddlewheel tour boats. Here's a picture of one of the 4 boats sitting at the dock. I've been on both the daytime cruise and the dinner dance cruise. A great way to see the Mighty Mississippi River here in Minneapolis Minnesota USA HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB!!~

After getting my head at the right angle I saw just how beautiful it was. He did a great job.

It would be great if they did dinner and dancing on the boat because of the history and romance that is within the picture. It is very nice-have you been to it?