RV river barge cruises
Some one told me about trips on the Mississippi where you put the coach on a barge and go between two cities with stops along the way. Did some research, but can't find any thing current. Has anyone d...
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I too was curious about this and did some deep digging. The Coast Guard changed the regulation that made it impossible to be economically practical for the barge operators to make a profit. It had to do with escape measures, fire fighting ability and lighting mainly at night which would have added a large expense. These things had to be done each night, so any place a stop over was planned, you had to have a lot of equipment. The rising fuel prices didn't help much either.
Originally, basically the barge had to stop for the night, but only needed to put out a walkway to land at each end of the barge. This was very easy to do any place they wanted to stop.
Originally, basically the barge had to stop for the night, but only needed to put out a walkway to land at each end of the barge. This was very easy to do any place they wanted to stop.
