Monticello Community Education

LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN RIVER CRUISE

8:15 a.m. Leave Eastview Elementary, 9375 Fenning Ave. No., Monticello.Load in parking lot.

8:30 a.m. St Michael Elementary - 101 Central Ave W, St Michael 55376 - Pick up in the parking lot In the front of the building.

11:00 a.m. Arrive at L.A.R.K. Toy’s in Kellogg, MN for coffee and a treat (included) while you shop in this very unique toy store.It is the largest of its kind in the USA. Thousands of visitors pass through their doors every year to see this collection of antique toys, wooden toys, specialty toys, a large hand-carved operating carousel (cost about $2 per person), and a large bookstore.

11:45 a.m. Leave Kellogg, MN and enjoy the colorful Great Mississippi River Road.

1:00 p.m. Arrive in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and board the La Crosse Queen.The vessel has a climate controlled main cabin surrounded by windows.It will seat 80 passengers, and the covered upper deck seats an additional 50 guests.

1:30 p.m. Leave to cruise on the Mississippi River. The La Crosse Queen is a modern-day replica of the grand riverboats that plied the Mississippi River in the late 19th Century. She is one of the few authentic Mississippi River paddlewheel riverboats still in operation in the country today. Enjoy a buffet service luncheon in the main cabin. Menu: Swedish Meatballs and Ham, Potato, Vegetable, Rolls, Dessert and Coffee.

Step back in time to when the most popular means of travel from town to town along the Mississippi River was by riverboat. Take in the scenic treasures of the Mississippi River including one of the oldest swing bridges still in operation today, the wild life; see the Lock and Dam system, and other scenic and historic sites along the Upper Mississippi River.

3:00 p.m. Return to the docks and board the motor coach.

3:15 p.m. Depart from La Crosse, WI.

4:30 p.m. Make a rest stop (on own) at the Apache Mall Food Court in Rochester.

5:00 p.m. Leave Rochester.

7:15 p.m. Estimated return time to St. Michael.

7:30 p.m. Estimated return time to Monticello.

Deadline: Monday, June 10. No refund after this date. Minimum 30 people for the trip to run.