RiverBarge Cruises Missouri - Cruise News - Missouri River cruises - Brief Article

Cruise Travel, March-April, 2002

RiverBarge Excursions has further expanded its travels west on the wild and woolly Missouri River with its popular "Show Me--The Big Muddy Westward Ho!" trips for August, uncovering the charms of Sioux City, Iowa, twice recipient of the prestigious "All American City" designation award by the National Civic League. Founded in 1854 as a Missouri River trading post and later an important stop on the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Sioux City--also known as Siouxland, the junction of Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota--marks the navigational head of the sedimentary-laden Missouri River, the farthest point commercial vessels can travel.

RiverBarge Excursions is offering two trips--one nine-day excursion from Kansas City, MO, to Sioux City from August 8-16, and another seven-day trip from August 16-22, from Sioux City to Kansas City--aboard the 198-passenger R/B River Explorer, the only hotel barge traveling America's rivers and inland waterways.

For more information contact your travel agent or RiverBarge Excursion Lines (Cruise Travel Magazine), 201 Opelousas Ave., New Orleans, LA 70114; or log on to www.river barge.com.