From a piece in St. Louis Magazine entitled A guide to taking a Viking river cruise along the Mississippi from St. Louis:
Day 4: Stop in the Quad Cities, Iowa, the “Breadbasket” of the United States. Visitors will begin their day with a visit to the John Deere Pavilion and Deere family homes. Afterward, guests can choose between an optional tour of local farms or stroll through the city itself, visiting the Figge Art Museum or the Quad City Botanical Center.
Technically, the Quad Cities are, get this, four cities. The list of attractions includes stops in three of the four: The Deere things are in Moline; the art museum is in Davenport; the Botanical Gardens are in Rock Island. Only Bettendorf is omitted. I wonder if residents of the area think of the whole region as “the city.” I presume not since there is a river to cross to get from Davenport/Bettendorf to Moline/Rock Island.
Aren’t I Mr. Knowledge from having been to Davenport twice in the last two years? And I haven’t even read the history book of the area that I picked up in 2024. But that and the final Ben Wolf novel are definitely in the short queue before October this year.
And I looked at this article with some interest. Mrs. Noggle would like to go on another cruise after 27 years, but I’ve been a bit reluctant. So I kinda priced this one out and… Holy Huck Finn: $30,000 and 30 days for a round trip. I guess the Caribbean it is. Someday.
