Summer 2021
Offered One-Time Only
May 15 ♦ 1:30pm
Maiden Voyage
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Date TBD ♦ 6:30-8pm
Happy History Hour with St. Charles History Museum
Take a special cruise and help celebrate the 75th anniversary! Enjoy drinks and appetizers in a beautiful setting as you learn about this St. Charles icon and the local history of our city. To register: click here (link coming soon)
Date TBD ♦ 3pm Cruise
Pirate Adventure on the Fox
Dress up like your favorite pirate and take an afternoon cruise on the Fox River. Play eye-spy to find the river’s treasures, and enjoy popcorn and boxed water. Each young buccaneer will get a pirate tattoo and eye patch. Before or after your boat ride, play an 18-hole round of minigolf and use a treasure map to discover gems within the park. The pirate ship will set sail at 3pm. Please arrive 10 minutes early to start boarding. Ages 3+ must have a ticket. One adult may accompany multiple children. To register: click here (link coming soon)
Aug 7 ♦ 9am Yoga, 10am Cruise
River View Yoga & Cruise
Enjoy a mini retreat at the Pottawatomie Park Practice a 45-minute, all levels, yoga class at the beautiful large historic pavilion taught by instructor Joe Schatz followed by a 50-minute cruise on the paddlewheel riverboat. Please bring your own yoga mat and water. Yoga begins at 9am. Cruise departs at 10am. To register: click here (link coming soon)
Date TBD ♦ 6:30-8pm
Birding by Boat
Featuring nature expert Pam Otto!
Ages 21+: BYOB – Bring Your Own Beer …or wine – not BIRDS!
Get to know our feathered friends from the unique perspective of a paddlewheel riverboat. We’ll look for waterfowl landing for the evening; wading birds along the shoreline; and insectivores flying overhead. We’ll keep our fingers crossed for bald eagles and ospreys too. Please bring binoculars if you have them and dress for the weather. Remember to pack some snacks! To register: click here(link coming soon)
Date TBD ♦ 6:15-7:45pm
Riverboat Eco Float
Featuring nature expert Pam Otto & Culver’s Root Beer Floats
Enjoy a build-your-own root beer float as you take in all of nature’s sights and sounds. Swallows and swifts performing aerial acrobatics; a beaver placidly paddling; muskrats foraging in the shallows…anything goes on this relaxing 90-minutes summer sunset cruise! To register: click here (link coming soon)
Date TBD ♦ 5-7pm
Monarchs & Margaritas
Ages 21+
Discover the mysterious ways of the popular pollinator – monarch butterfly – as it embarks on an awe-inspiring journey, migrating south to the mountains of Mexico. Sip a margarita and snack on chips and salsa on the Pottawatomie veranda as we learn about this fantastic flight, then board a paddlewheel riverboat to find out more about the important role the Fox River plays in the monarch’s stirring saga. To register: click here (link coming soon)