[Greg Brown]

Greetings all,
I thought you might like to know that on the 14th at approximately 0600 the Steamer American Queen will be underway on her own for the first time since she was laid up. Our time in Sulphur has come to an end and we are putting another major milestone behind us and taking a big step to getting her back to work. She looks great! The paint job turned out wonderful and there is a whole lot of sprucing up going on inside. We are headed to Morgan City for dry dock next and a credit hull exam with the Coast Guard. As soon as we are done there we will be moving up to New Orleans for the final clean up and training of our new steamboat crew. See you soon!