My Husband refuses to take me on boats

[TrickyBob]

I don't blame him. We did Penn's Cave in Centre Hall, PA after our wedding. LOL, I learned real quick that boats and I don't get along. To hell with the cave, I just tried not to throw up. Then we did the Cape May-Lewes Ferry, but it was 3 hours long (there and back) and I was SO sick. 

And yet here I am, the weather is warm, and I'm looking for cheap things to do. 

The Hiawatha paddle wheel boat looks so cute! And they do dinner cruises and lunch cruises and murder mysteries (in October). I am in LOVE, pure love. 

Husband said no. I'm trying to convince him it's only an hour and the Susquehanna is NOT the ocean. He still stands firm with his no. 

I guess I'm off to convince him about trains now...



I have really terrible motion sickness, but I just really like boats. Would anti-motion sickness medications help this? I have some OTC stuff that doesn't make you tired. Hmm...

[snickers]

I would think so if you took in 30 ish minutes before getting on the boat!

[panicked]

`Dramamine and ginger pills are my go-to remedies. I'd take at least 45 minutes ahead.

[Deleted]

I like Bonine more than Dramamine.

[TrickyBob]

I'm not sure what kind I have, I need to check. I've never taken it before because I always forget.

[Deleted]

Bonine lasts all day, so I take it an hour before boarding or even earlier.

[candreco]

I've done that boat ride, you barely feel movement.

Also, my dad did most of the engineering when they overhauled it about 15 years ago.

[TrickyBob]

May 30, 2013 18:43:20 GMT -5 candreco said:

I've done that boat ride, you barely feel movement.

Also, my dad did most of the engineering when they overhauled it about 15 years ago.

The Hiawatha one? 

Are you in PA? Tell me more. lol. 

[candreco]

May 30, 2013 18:47:02 GMT -5 TrickyBob said:

May 30, 2013 18:43:20 GMT -5 candreco said:

I've done that boat ride, you barely feel movement.

Also, my dad did most of the engineering when they overhauled it about 15 years ago.

The Hiawatha one? 

Are you in PA? Tell me more. lol. 

Yup, Hiawatha.  I actually went up with him one time to see it while it was out of the water for the overhaul, and my family did the cruise a couple summers later.  I liked it as much as any 14yo could, lol.

Not in PA any more, but I grew up near Pittsburgh.

[hymen]

Thr Hiawatha is very cute. There is not much movement on the Susquehanna, especially in that area. Penns Cave is just a bad idea all around.

[hymen]

If you want a nice train ride, check out Jim Thorpe.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

If you don't get bicycle sick, you won't get Hiawatha sick.

OMG HIAWATHA GTG, YOU AND ME.

[Stingyshark]

My DH & BIL get seasick; they both take bonine & ginger pills. If the water is very rough no amount of meds make a difference, but if it's fairly calm that combo seems to help.

[hymen]

They do "fanny floats" (people floating on tubes) down that part of the river. The water is SUPAH calm. I've swam off my in-laws' boat with my one year old just down from the Hiawatha. He will probably grow a third arm or something but no barfing.

[BlackCanary]

Have you tried the Sea-Bands? My Nana would wear them because she had really bad motion sickness and they worked for her.