Pictures from the Mighty Mississippi

[Cinder & Smoke]

For some reason Ingrahm Barge Co removed a lot of the individual Boat Photos
from their web site; BUT they now link to a very neat Video shot by Fox TV 17.
NOTE: This is NOT Laura's Boat featured in the video - hers is a LOT Bigger,
but the video gives a nice snapshot of what the Towboat Crew does 24/7 for 28 days.

Let's go for a Boat Ride >>> Roll Video >>>
http://www.ingrambarge.com/default.a...esources/media

[RICHARD]

LOL,

NOw I am really confuse!

I'd laugh because a dear friend would always correct me when I said something like, "Hey, nice boat!"


"NO, A BOAT GOES ON A SHIP"!

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I was expecting a caption for the first pic to be something like, "This is where the magic happens!"

[Cinder & Smoke]

A dear friend would always corrected me when I said something like, "Hey, nice boat!"

"NO, A BOAT GOES ON A SHIP"!

"A Boat goes on a Ship" ...
Not always. ... Sometimes 'little boats' ride around on 'BIG Boats'.

It depends on WHERE you go sailing with your Boat or Ship - the Where determines
if you're sailing a Boat or a Ship.

If you're out on the High Seas, sailing in Oceans ... you're probably sailing a SHIP.

BUTT ... if you're puttering around on the Great Lakes, any other Inland body of water, or
one of the major (Inland) Rivers, you're fur sure driving a BOAT - regardless of
how BIG or small it may be. A giant Great Lakes Ore Boat, measuring a huge 1,000 feet long,
(and a lot bigger than some ocean-going "Ships"), is very affectionately called their "Boat"
by the crew, it's never called a "ship".

Likewise, Laura cooks on a Mississippi River "Tow Boat" (even though it always *PUSHES* it's
cargo barges, never "tows" them), it's a TOW Boat - and the crew refers to the vessel
as "their BOAT". And it's a pretty darn BIG "Boat".