They said that you always had to mark how deep the water is because you could hit a bump and then make a hole in the boat just like on the Titanic. They would measure it and then call out for Mark Twain. There were many big beautiful birds flying by and father said they are swans. I had never seen them before. The people are real nice and they talk slower than my sister and me and they have the time to hear you talk.
Mother says they are genteel.
Father called it Southern hospitality although I did not see one hospital. We got to eat on the boat also and ate some green stuff called okra that looked like spinach on vacation. We had some sweet potato pie that looked like pumpkin pie and we had some pound pound cake that felt like a pound in my stomach after I ate it. I finally got brave and went up to the riverboat captain. That is what he is called even though he does not play football.