![from cruise boat 2.jpg (64044 bytes)](../images/sent%20by%20visitors/from_cruise_boat_2_small.jpg)
This shot and the next two were taken by a passenger, William F. Cummins, on a cruise boat which passed by us near Vicksburg. |
![from cruise boat.jpg (80390 bytes)](../images/sent%20by%20visitors/from_cruise_boat_small.jpg)
"Oct. 12, 2000 just south of the Mississippi River bridge at Vicksburg.
We were on the river tour boat."
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![fromcruiseboat 4.jpg (79264 bytes)](../images/sent%20by%20visitors/fromcruiseboat_4_small.jpg)
Not often do we get a look at the raft underway, from the outside perspective. Thanks, Mr. Cummins! |
![big barge.jpg (65780 bytes)](../images/photoshop/big_barge_small.jpg)
An example of the larger barge/tow rigs we encountered on the Lower Mississippi, below St. Louis see log entry |
![big towboat and waves.jpg (57429 bytes)](../images/photoshop/big_towboat_and_waves_small.jpg)
A closer look at the size of the average towboat around here |
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The wake behind such a towboat |
![tight squeeze.jpg (64439 bytes)](../images/photoshop/tight_squeeze_small.jpg)
This is the type of situation we tried hard to avoid: squeezed up next to the bank, outside of the channel, and on the outside of an upcoming curve, with oncoming traffic. see log entry |
![sand dune bank.jpg (66518 bytes)](../images/photoshop/sand_dune_bank_small.jpg)
High sand dunes along the shore, exposed by the extreme low water in the river this year. |
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The garden in September |