Day 1: Our travel this morning takes us to Kansas City. This afternoon we visit the Arabia Steamboat Museum. The Arabia, which was loaded with 200 tons of cargo, sank in the Missouri River in 1856. The museum displays a vast collection of supplies and personal belongings which were recovered from the steamboat in 1989. Our tour includes a theater production of the excavation of the steamboat. Later we travel to Des Moines, IA, for the night.

2: Traveling east today brings us to Amana. Settled in the 1850s by members of a religious sect, the Amana Colonies are seven quaint and united villages. A local guide gives us a tour of the Amana Colonies followed by lunch in one of their restaurants. Later we travel to LeClaire with time to visit before checking into our hotel for the night.

3: Fast, elegant, and quiet as she slips through the water, the TWILIGHT, a diesel powered replica, is the most richly appoint­ed riverboat to be launched in a hundred years. Victorian steamboat architecture inside and out pleases the eye. There are three decks with comfortable dining salons, sundecks and lounge chairs for those who wish to snooze in the sun. After the boat sets sail continental break­fast is served. The TWILIGHT takes pride in maintaining the river’s grand tradition of good and bountiful food. Our cruise today covers 94-miles up the Mississippi River to Dubuque. Lunch and dinner are served aboard both days. There are morning and afternoon snacks and complimentary coffee and iced tea are always available. Night at the Grand Harbour Hotel located on the banks of the Mississippi River in Dubuque.

4: In the morning, after a hearty breakfast, trolley service will shuttle passengers between the hotel and the National Mississippi River Museum and some of Dubuque’s other fine attractions. After a good morning in Dubuque, we board the TWILIGHT for the trip down river. As before, there is plenty to eat, historic comments by the captain, and live music. After dinner we disembark and travel to Coralville for the night.

5: Our land cruise is as pleasant as our river cruise as we glide over pleasant interstates to our home in central Kansas.