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Article: Rollin' on the river: the River Explorer offers friendly, laid-back cruises with all the comforts of home.
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- Travel America
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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WHEN MY GRANDSON HEARD we were going to travel from Cincinnati to West Virginia on a barge, he was puzzled.
A barge? Perhaps it was a paddle-wheeler or a cabin cruiser, he thought. Surely not a barge--not one of those ugly, long, flat-bottomed things hauling a load of coal or timber.
But this barge is one of the most unusual conveyances on the Ohio River. As America's first hotel barge, the River Explorer is a real eye-catcher. Painted red, white, and blue, the River Explorer is actually two barges--the DeSoto for eating and entertaining; the LaSalle for sleeping. Pushing the two barges along with the power of 3,000 horses is the towboat Miss Nari.
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