Mobile Strip clubs story two FLOATING STRIPPERS
Yep, we discovered another interesting type stripping adventure. Told ya we knew all the right people (?) This time a large pontoon boat, as big as a river barge. Rumor was same people owned both the barge and the stripper buses. Publicly, these were advertised as adult dancing/dinner trips.
The barge ran down the Illinois River below XXXX. This is a secluded section of the river. Nothing but farm land and Government owned property along both sides farther down. Once past the industrial portion and barge terminals below XXXX, there were only tugboats pushing barges and mostly weekend boaters.
I remember these boat trips were around six hours. One trip from 10AM till 4PM then another evening cruise from 6PM till midnight. It went about two hours down river to a small town where it stopped for nearly two hours. Guests had a choice to dine on board or take a van shuttle ride to several night clubs along the river to eat. Then it would spend two hours on the trip back up stream.
We discovered this form of entertainment while on some of those stripper bus rides. The time frame overlapped, beginning for us around late 80's into early 90's. We were both pushing 50 by then. Still thought we were young and sexy.
The barge was maybe 50' by 200'. This is just a wild guess. It had a large inboard engine. Most of the deck was covered and enclosed with a padded bench seat nearly all the way around it. A section at the bow, 50'X25', was opened for nude sunbathing and lounging. We often sunbathed nude during parts of the afternoon ride.