Return of the passenger boat

My former employer had an article in today's newspaper about passenger boats stopping here in Huntington WV and other cities along the Ohio River this summer. Unlike the Delta Queen and the overnight boats that ran the river until this year, this boat will not house people on board. It will carry them from city to city, and they will stay in a different hotel each night.

This might work. The online article was basically a news release with a little background added. I'm not going to second-guess the reporting or writing. I do hope some more information will come later as the time gets closer to when the boat will be in Huntington.

For one, I would like to know how many people will be on the boat as it goes up and down the river. One reason the Delta Queen and other boats aren't running this year is that people have given up river cruises in favor of ocean cruises. Given a choice of cruising to Pittsburgh or Cincinnati (no offense), Alaska or the Caribbean, few people would choose a river cruise, particularly at the prices that were being charged.

Here's hoping the new venture on the river will be a success. Someday when the kids are grown, maybe I could try it on my own dime. If this venture survives.