Much of the enjoyment that comes from a cruise like this is meeting interesting people. That said, if there’s a passenger on the American Queen under the age of 50,...

This morning we’re in Natchez, which is something like 75 miles below Vicksburg on the Mississippi. There’s a jitney that takes passengers a couple of hundred yards up a steep...

So far, cruising the Mississippi River on the American Queen has been everything we had imagined. This is a big boat–and it is, we have been told, a boat and...

I will be traveling again, starting today. This time will be especially enjoyable because my wife will be coming with me. We’ve talked for years about a Mississippi River cruise...