Take a steamboat tour of the Mississippi

“If we expected to be dry on the boat, we were quickly disabused of that notion. The rain teased us by stopping for a little bit but as we left the dock, it began to pour. It rained for most of the two hours we were out on the river. Sometimes it was light rain but it was mostly torrential and sideways. It got to a point that I gave up trying to stay dry. Once I embraced the wet, it freed me to explore. I think I was one of very few people who did as everywhere I went, clumps of people were futilely trying to stay dry. I got so many strange looks as I meandered past! The uniqueness of the situation was what allowed me to enjoy this boring boat cruise. I had wanted history and vistas but since I wasn’t getting either, I instead embraced the once in a lifetime experience of being on an “authentic” steamboat on the Mississippi River during a severe thunder storm!”