Sorry but this new improved user-friendly format doesn't allow me to paste the URL of the webcam site, or at least I don't know how to do it, but:
The MISSISSIPPI QUEEN is currently in Hannibal and will be passing through the QuadCities tomorrow. You can catch her on the L&D 15 webcam. Go to the webcam links, QuadCities, L&D 15. Normally she comes through between 6-8PM, but since there is little tow traffic to contend with, she could be earlier, like 4 or so. Our intrepid Munich Munchkin and parents are on board. So, Saturday somewhere after 4 PM, Quad Cities webcam L&D 15 for a steamboat sighting, finally, on the UMR !!!!!!
Saturday update: she went through 17 at 10:45, that's 46 miles downstream. So with not much traffic to deal with, she is looking at an appearance here from 5PM on, depending on the locking at Muscatine. More than likely, it will be 6 or so at Arsenal Island. Its a beautiful day for chasing steamboats, so I'm off to Muscatine now. Hwy.22 in Iowa runs right along the river between Muscatine and Davenport and is a scenic drive, with or without a steamboat in the picture!