We are cruising through the heartland of America--on an American-built ship, with an American crew--filled with geezer-Americans. Does it get any better than that? In addition, we are not seeing the news, we are not talking politics, and we have no idea what is happening in the rest of the country, let alone world. It's a complete immersion into "life on the river" and it's good. Frankly, I did not know if the other DrC would like this "isolation" but guess what? He does!
Today we stopped in Davenport, Iowa. You have to wonder why a city gets a name like Davenport. I asked my search engine for synonyms of Davenport and 17 words showed up. So they could have named this place--chesterfield, divan, couch, settee, lounge, lounger, sofa, loveseat, tete-a-tete, squab (this is a new one on me), etc. Given all those choices, I can only imagine how "they" chose Davenport.
We were scheduled to go on a shore excursion (shorex) but it looked like it was going to rain, so we did the laundry instead. Never an earth-shaking event, but it was a needed event. In addition, the 3 washers and dryers were free, and the ship provided Tide pods and dryer-sheets. As you know, we've done a lot of cruising, and that's a pretty rare occurence. Since tomorrow is a "river" day without a stop, everyone is going to be doing their laundry then. We missed the rush, and it's good.
The cruise down the Mississippi is wonderful. The scenery is beautiful with lots of wooded islands and green hillsides and levees. There are towns, big and small alongside the river. The trains are a constant. Great long uni-trains carrying only 1 commodity. To a west-coaster who does not see a lot of train traffic, I find them fascinating. The railroad works and it is good. We are seeing a slice of America that is very different from what we are used to. It's terribly interesting to see...and very different from either the shaky side or the dirty side. This is an extra-special adventure.
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