River Cruises in the United States

In his Life on the Mississippi memoir, Samuel Clemens wrote about his dream of being a steamboat pilot.  He loved it so much that he took his pen name, Mark Twain, from the cry the leadsmen used for a measured river depth of two fathoms, which was safe water for a steamboat.

Steamboats are just as popular today as they were back in Mark Twain’s time.  Travel down the Mississippi, the “river that defines a nation”.  The lower stretch of the Mississippi, from carefree New Orleans to vibrant Memphis, is a river of legends.  It is the river of centuries-old shaded oak trees, elegant Antebellum plantations, cobblestone streets and Victorian mansions.  Hear the river’s music in blues, jazz, zydeco and rock and roll, and savor its diversity with a host of distinctive Creole and Cajun culinary delights.

Discover America’s cultural quilt in the cities and towns of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers.  From Civil War battlefields, forts and homesteads to quaint Main Streets and friendly smiles, this region will welcome you with open arms and enrich you with its storied history.

Enjoy the treasures of summer and the colors of autumn along the upper reaches of the Mississippi from dynamic St. Louis to beautiful St. Paul.  Perhaps no person defined America’s view of its greatest river more than Mark Twain.  Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher are alive and well in Hannibal, Missouri, Samuel Clemens’ boyhood home.

Nowhere is the timelessness of rivers more apparent than in the pristine Pacific Northwest, a captivating corner of America which displays an abundance of awe-inspiring, natural beauty.  Columbia Gorge cuts through the Cascade Mountains thanks to the Missoula Floods of the last Ice Age.  At Multnomah Falls, snowmelt streams plunge more than 600 feet in two tiered cascades down a sheer cliff face.  Deeper than the Grand Canyon, Idaho’s Hells Canyon is a dramatic crack in the earth with raging waters best explored on an exciting jet boat ride.  Near Portland, understand the raw power of nature in the collapsed volcanic crater of Mount St. Helens.

Travel into the heart of Washington’s wine country where many acclaimed wineries of the Pacific Northwest have made their mark among wine connoisseurs and sample some of the finest vintages in the midst of breathtaking scenery.

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