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Houseboat Vacations 
Where Small Cost, Merry Hours and Fine Health Go Hand in Hand 
By Phebe Westcott Humphreys 
GAXAMAGS 
——— a WA 
HE sort of houseboat to choose, where to 
locate—or better still, where to journey— 
are important questions when planning a 
houseboat vacation. It is usually cus- 
tomary to plan for a somewhat perma- 
nent location, having the floating home 
anchored in some picturesque and quiet 
spot, within reach of the men of the house who may make 
a daily journey to business from their summer home on 
the water. The fact that this anchored home need not of 
necessity prove permanently located will give considerable 
satisfaction even when there is little opportunity of taking 
advantage of it. The Saturday afternoon half-holiday, 
and the quiet Sundays when the men may enjoy uninter- 
rupted pleasure in the water craft have an added zest when 
a tug boat or motor boat pulls the comparatively stationary 
home out in midstream, and tows it down the river or creek 
to fresh allurements in scenic attractions and social recrea- 
tion, with new neighbors ‘‘down shore.” Still more de- 
lightful is the houseboat vacation in which the floating home 
changes its location daily, or keeps constantly on the move 
from day to day. This is for the party who must be con- 
tent with a two or three week’s vacation, and the entire 
company of congenial spirits, co-operating to bear the ex- 
In the quiet, inspiring mountain sections, with tow-path boy and horse the only sign of life 
