|
|
Post by RickW on Jun 14, 2024 19:11:51 GMT -5
We had a lot of fun on our cruise around Great Britain, and are thinking maybe about a cruise down the Mississippi. What’s a good time of year to take a boat tour down to New Orleans?
|
|
|
|
Post by drlj on Jun 14, 2024 19:59:31 GMT -5
Barb & I did a Viking cruise from New Orleans to Memphis in the end of October of 2022. Weather was gorgeous and it was light jacket if you needed one at all. Weather should be decent mid to late October.
At the time we were there, the river was low so that was our main concern. It was a great time of year for it, though.
|
|
|
|
Post by Shannon on Jun 14, 2024 20:30:46 GMT -5
In the Mississippi delta, it can be sweltering hot all the way through September. It can be pretty oppressive if you are not accustomed to it.
|
|
|
|
Post by kenlarsson on Jun 15, 2024 10:33:37 GMT -5
I'd wait until after hurricane season.......
|
|
|
|
Post by theevan on Jun 15, 2024 10:43:22 GMT -5
October is great
|
|
|
|
Post by Cornflake on Jun 15, 2024 11:04:25 GMT -5
"October is great"
As a rule of thumb, October's a good time to visit most places in North America.
|
|
|
|
Post by Village Idiot on Jun 15, 2024 11:16:58 GMT -5
I'll say October as well. Another reason is that the leaves will be turning.
|
|
Dub
Administrator
I'm gettin' so the past is the only thing I can remember.
Posts: 20,025 
Member is Online
|
Post by Dub on Jun 15, 2024 11:23:13 GMT -5
I’d say time it so you can attend Idiot Jam.
|
|
|
|
Post by epaul on Jun 15, 2024 11:32:46 GMT -5
Hop on a paddle boat on the upper Mississippi in Minnesota or Iowa in late September. Take a lazy float downstream. You will have perfect temps the entire trip. Once you reach Mississippi, hop on another boat and keep on going... Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, round the Horn, Chili, the Galapagos, Disney Land, Mike's place, Vancouver, then home.
|
|
|
|
Post by billhammond on Jun 15, 2024 11:39:44 GMT -5
Once you reach Mississippi, hop on another boat and keep on going... Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, round the Horn, Chili, the Galapagos, Disney Land, Mike's place, Vancouver, then home. Chili, yum! |
|
|
|
Post by epaul on Jun 15, 2024 12:17:45 GMT -5
Out of respect, I used Canadian speling.
|
|
|
|
Post by John B on Jun 15, 2024 13:51:20 GMT -5
Out of respect, I used Canadian speling. <poutine> |
|
|
|
Post by Marshall on Jun 15, 2024 14:11:53 GMT -5
Barb & I did a Viking cruise from New Orleans to Memphis in the end of October of 2022.  |
|
|
|
Post by dradtke on Jun 15, 2024 17:46:10 GMT -5
Out of respect, I used Canadian speling. <poutine> No, he's not pouting. He always sounds like that. |
|
|
|
Post by dradtke on Jun 15, 2024 17:50:05 GMT -5
Memphis in May is a wonderful time of year, but by the time we got to Alabama - still in early May - it was 95 and humid.
|
|
|
|
Post by RickW on Jun 17, 2024 14:55:49 GMT -5
Hop on a paddle boat on the upper Mississippi in Minnesota or Iowa in late September. Take a lazy float downstream. You will have perfect temps the entire trip. Once you reach Mississippi, hop on another boat and keep on going... Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Brazil, round the Horn, Chili, the Galapagos, Disney Land, Mike's place, Vancouver, then home. There are a few cruise lines that do cruises that start in Florida, go right around South America and back through the Panama Canal. I’d love to do that. |
|
|
|
Post by RickW on Jun 17, 2024 14:57:13 GMT -5
Thanks, guys. I figured later in the year would be better, and we’d be escaping some of the rainy season here.
|
|
|
|
Post by howard lee on Jun 17, 2024 14:58:48 GMT -5
Memphis in May is a wonderful time of year, but by the time we got to Alabama - still in early May - it was 95 and humid.
"Memphis in May"
This would be a good title for a song, David.
|
|
