Classic Belle II
I sort of stopped in the middle of something yesterday, so I’ll pick right up with the riverboat Detroit Princess downbound at Belle Isle on Sunday evening. She and the Sam Laud finish their pass, as...
View ArticleSnow, Ice, and a Redhead
Winter has struck, and struck hard. Detroit has suddenly been pounded by levels of snow that we haven’t seen in December in several years. That makes boatwatching, well… interesting. The first step is...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Salties
After spending a little over an hour in Sarnia on Sunday afternoon, I crossed the bridge back into Port Huron for more fun. After seeing all the salties anchored north of Port Huron in yesterday’s...
View ArticleLayover
My apologies for the long break… I was on a trip! And now, I can post the resulting photos! I left home last Tuesday, June 24th. My ultimate destination was 13+ hours away in Canada, so as a layover, I...
View ArticleThe Last Phoenix
This is now the fourth post from my trip last week… and the second from last Thursday (6/26). After leaving Ste. Catherine in the afternoon, I went eastbound on the south side of the St. Lawrence until...
View ArticleAction on the Welland Canal II
Yesterday’s Welland Canal post covered the first two-thirds or so of my birthday, June 30, and I left off by telling you I was going to Port Colborne for the evening. So, here I am in Port Colborne...
View ArticleFall on the Isle II
October is in full force here in southeast Michigan. Yesterday was a chilly and windy day on Belle Isle, but the boats didn’t seem to care. Here comes a big green one, making the turn off Windmill...
View ArticleHarvesting Nogat
My boatwatching excursion on Saturday resulted in two posts, but I’ll try to get everything from Sunday in this one. From a weather perspective, Sunday was the same as Saturday: cloudy, foggy, and dim....
View ArticleBack in Action
Hi, I’m back. I took three weeks off from boatwatching, but got back out there on Sunday. I’ve been busy with a number of things, and boat traffic hadn’t been very interesting during the two weekends...
View ArticleTugs at Rest on the Cuyahoga
Here is part 2 of my visit to Cleveland last Saturday. Yesterday’s installment highlighted the tugs Iowa and Petite Forte hard at work. I’ll pick back up just after that. Just below Collision Bend, the...
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