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Date: July 19, 2003 at 22:01:36
From: Judy Patsch, [cache-dl08.proxy.aol.com]
Subject: Picture of the week, the Natchez |
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You'll note that there are no canopies in this pix,
they were added in '85. The smokestacks were taken down
to the bottom third and a shorter top was put on for
this upriver trip. I'm not sure how much shorter they
were, but I'm guessing 12 to 15 feet, since the regular
ones are 75 feet from the waterline. It was her first
trip off the Mississippi, but not her first out of New
Orleans. She did several plantation/picnic trips in her
early years, and in 1976 the President Ford Reelection
Campaign chartered her for a day-long trip down from
Destrahan Plantation. Since '82 she has really stayed
close to home, the farthest being some 30 miles upriver
for the Christmas bonfires along the levee. Fog which
obscured them(and a bridge) ended those cruises. In
case anyone wonders why she won't come to Tall Stacks,
it's very simple: October is the biggest convention
month of the year and so she not only does a great
daytime business but she is chartered a lot that month.
The logistics would be a problem too, but the economic
factor is the main reason. ....
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