MISSISSIPPI RIVER EXCURSION

A map showing a route from Hannibal, MO, through St. Louis, MO, to Cape Girardeau, MO, and ending in Cairo, IL. The cities are marked with red dots and named labels, connected by a dotted line indicating the travel path through Missouri and Illinois.

In October 2005, Avalon CEO Jim Wolf and fellow explorers set out on a 300 mile Trip down the Mississippi River from the home of Mark Twain in Hannibal, MO and followed the path depicted in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that traversed through St Louis to Cape Girardeau, Missouri and ended in Cairo, Illinois.  The crew […]

FREEDOM ON THE WATER

In May 2026, a crew of five set out to run the Hudson River from Albany to New York Harbor — an American journey for the nation’s 250th birthday, aboard a stars-and-stripes Avalon Excalibur 27 LTD driven by twin 500-horsepower Mercury Racing engines. Departing the New York State capital on the morning of May 19, […]