River Cities Blog

-This is part 3 of our photo essay covering the first 4200 miles of our marketing cruise- The bar of caution is raised when you enter tidal waters – you are now dealing directly or indirectly with the ocean.  Even with the simple act of tying off to a dock one needs to consider tides [...]

This is part 2 of the photo essay covering the first 4200 miles of our marketing tour.  The Tenn-Tom Waterway was created as an alternate method for boats transiting the Ohio River to the Gulf waters.  Construction began in 1972 and was finished in 1985.  When combined with canals, locks and dams, the  natural waterways [...]

The Marquette Model is currently at the 4200 mile mark in our journey.   Bill & Gale Tout and Dave Nelson have done this cruise with occasional visits by Dave’s wife ReNae.  We took over 2000+ photos during this time as we cruised.  This is an attempt to share the wonderful memories experienced in our journey. [...]

We anticipate adding Port St Joe to our March cruise route.  While we are here on a marketing mission we will speak with port officials for securing a future berthing site for the Marquette.  St Joes is an attractive small town with great bay fishing, golf and the town is just 3 blocks from our [...]