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Date: July 20, 2003 at 21:44:38
From: Travis C. Vasconcelos, [loudsl01.4.0.5.105.f.iglou.com]
Subject: Re: Picture of the week, the Natchez |
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Judy,
It's too bad the Natchez doesn't come up river once
and a while. However, should the cat stray
away...the mice would come out to play.
The New Orleans market has been good to her
over the years. The look of the boat and the ability
to remain flexible by virtue of her size have been
tantamount to her success.
Should the time come and New Orleans
Steamboat Company were to consider expansion,
the Natchez would make a great traveling
ambassador for the company and the New
Orleans operation.
Wasn't there great amounts of talk about a second
steamboat for New Orleans Steamboat Company
about 10 or so years ago? Seems I hears
domething about another boat, perhaps in regards
to gaming or something?
At any rate, i am glad to see that picture surface yet
again! I had originally passed ti on to Capt. Don
Sanders and it turned up on his website. Now it's
here...cool!
The date was 25, April, 1982 at Mc Alpine L&D at
Louisville, KY. It was the first time I heard the
calliope of the Natchez and was just 1 hour before I
met Capt's Clarke "Doc" Hawley and the late Capt.
Roddy Hammett for the first time. I was rather new
to steamboating back then and from what I had
read in the S&D Reflector, heard on the Belle of
Louisville, Delta and Mississippi Queens, I thought
I was about to greet river royalty.
I think the over zealous kid may have scared the
New Orleans river contingent when they got here,
as I had tickets on all her cruises except the "Race
Trip" (I worked on the Belle at the time and had a
committment to her schedule).
She was some pumpkin up here on the Ohio! We
all knew after the dinner cruise the night before the
race what the out come would be. The Natchez
doubled the distance travelled by the Belle in 2
hours...and wasn't even trying!
The late Capt. John Hartford rode the trip up as
First Mate, if I recall right. I remember meeting him
on the Natchez as well. He refered to me as the
"Calliope Kid" a name that I last heard him use (in
reference to me) at Tall Stacks 1999. Sadly, the
last time I saw Capt. Hartford in person.
Because of the river, I have had the great fortune to
come to know many great people. Being on the
river as I am now, I know I will know and learn of
many many more in my career.
It's amasing the flood of memories a little old
picture will bring back!
~Travis~
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