She's slowly moving into position within the channel |
Smokestack is being lowered as she moves along |
Smoke rolls from the back as the Calliope is pressurized to play for the onlookers |
The other smokestack starts going down |
Each blast of smoke represents a different musical note |
She's in place now & rising, while the music plays! |
We watch with avid fascination as the decks slowly rise out of the water. |
The water has reached the proper level now. The far gate is opening. |
The Mississippi Queen will exit through this gate, continuing her journey eastward |
She is beginning to move again. The smoky sounds of the calliope have ended |
The gawkers on deck are gawking at the gawkers on shore, as she moves nearer to where we stand |
She's heading toward the gate |
Much too big for the whole boat to fit into our camera lens |
She's picking up speed as the paddle churns the water |
A lot of gawking transpires as she passes in front of us |
Passing under the cement bridge with smokestacks down Good thing! |
We're all still exchanging gawks as she heads out to open sea...er... river |
We're hoping to see her smokestacks raised again |
Isn't she Magnificent?! That my house could be half as big! |
She passed under the bridge safely |
She's not raising her smokestacks yet |
It's hard to tell, but I think they are coming up! |
They seem to be raising. The gawkers on deck went back to their staterooms. J |
I can see the smokestacks! Now the gawkers on shore can go home. J |