You long for Paris, I long for the river. So we're both cussin' and fussin'. That river looks a nice place to take a long cruise. Have you ever done one, say, through wine country? That would be just yummy, I think.
I think you ought to bring a sternwheeler over to the Seine, Speedway. There's not much that makes a Parisian stop and gawp but I'm pretty sure that would.
It's a consideration, Dive, 'though I think it would probably be less expensive to build it over there than to put it on a big FedEx plane then trucked to the river. Also, I don't think we'd have sufficient, if any, clearance to pass under the bridges.
These are both beautiful, sunny photos -- a partial antidote for trip withdrawal syndrome. A sternwheeler on the Seine would definitely turn a few heads. I think the Steamboat Natchez from New Orleans would be a big hit. http://www.steamboatnatchez.com/
You're probably right. We have a couple of massive sternwheelerss here on the Broads; facsimiles of big ol' Mississippi gambling riverboats (or at least a tourist version of the same). They look completely out of place steaming across Norfolk lakes and up and down the rivers. Weird. Of course, we have very few bridges, which is why it is such an annoying (if beautiful) place to live, and the few bridges we do have are dutch-style drawbridges so big boats can get through.
A partial antidote, Ms.M. The Natchez looks very much like the ones some fool imported to Norfolk. People come here for the peace and quiet and get startled out of their wits by these monsters looming out of the mist. Speedway's right; if they had one in Paris it would only be able to steam up and down between two bridges.
When I was thinking of a sternwheeler, I was planning on one of a more personal size, like a 100' RV. Two people could manage that, live on it year'round if they liked, paddling quietly on the rivers at about 8-12 mph -- like my late, lamented boat, not like those huge re-creations. Still, it wouldn't fit under the bridges, even at 27 feet from waterline to top of her roof. (How tall are the masts on the sailboats?)
French canals are all bridges, Speedway. It's barge country. Over here we have Norfolk Wherries with massive masts and sails, which is why the few bridges we do have are either raised or swingbridges, so our replica paddle steamers have no problem getting around.
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You long for Paris, I long for the river. So we're both cussin' and fussin'. That river looks a nice place to take a long cruise. Have you ever done one, say, through wine country? That would be just yummy, I think.
I think you ought to bring a sternwheeler over to the Seine, Speedway. There's not much that makes a Parisian stop and gawp but I'm pretty sure that would.
It's a consideration, Dive, 'though I think it would probably be less expensive to build it over there than to put it on a big FedEx plane then trucked to the river. Also, I don't think we'd have sufficient, if any, clearance to pass under the bridges.
These are both beautiful, sunny photos -- a partial antidote for trip withdrawal syndrome. A sternwheeler on the Seine would definitely turn a few heads. I think the Steamboat Natchez from New Orleans would be a big hit. http://www.steamboatnatchez.com/
You're probably right. We have a couple of massive sternwheelerss here on the Broads; facsimiles of big ol' Mississippi gambling riverboats (or at least a tourist version of the same). They look completely out of place steaming across Norfolk lakes and up and down the rivers. Weird.
Of course, we have very few bridges, which is why it is such an annoying (if beautiful) place to live, and the few bridges we do have are dutch-style drawbridges so big boats can get through.
A partial antidote, Ms.M. The Natchez looks very much like the ones some fool imported to Norfolk. People come here for the peace and quiet and get startled out of their wits by these monsters looming out of the mist.
Speedway's right; if they had one in Paris it would only be able to steam up and down between two bridges.
When I was thinking of a sternwheeler, I was planning on one of a more personal size, like a 100' RV. Two people could manage that, live on it year'round if they liked, paddling quietly on the rivers at about 8-12 mph -- like my late, lamented boat, not like those huge re-creations. Still, it wouldn't fit under the bridges, even at 27 feet from waterline to top of her roof. (How tall are the masts on the sailboats?)
French canals are all bridges, Speedway. It's barge country. Over here we have Norfolk Wherries with massive masts and sails, which is why the few bridges we do have are either raised or swingbridges, so our replica paddle steamers have no problem getting around.
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