Other Freighters
I’ve been doing some major digging through my photographical archives, and have found some photos that I didn’t know existed. I remember seeing these freighters, but I didn’t think I came away with...
View ArticleThree More
The Peter R. Cresswell was not quite the only boat I saw yesterday. I saw an ATB and another tug, and here are those three photos. The self-unloading ATB Joseph H. Thompson zoomed past the J.W....
View ArticleDark Morning
So my supernatural boat senses told me that I should get my camera and go down to Delray Park along the Detroit River. And I would never doubt my supernatural boat senses. So I did exactly as they told...
View ArticleBelle Isle Gathering Part 2
The second half of our rowdy Belle Isle gathering involved grilling bratwurst and hot dogs, which may or may not have been filled with bacon and cheese. What rain we had earlier had subsided, and the...
View ArticleGales of November Remembered II
This sign stands at Belanger Park in River Rouge, just upriver from the location where the Edmund Fitzgerald was constructed. Not only was the vessel last photographed at Zug Island, but the ore cargo...
View ArticlePassing the Time
I return to you with the photos from this past Tuesday, August 6th. I arrived in Detroit at around 3:30 that afternoon, and was immediately greeted by a lovely vessel. I was shooting from Delray Park,...
View ArticleAlone in Good Company
Riverside Park can seem depressing. A thoughtful glance can reveal how great the park must have been in its prime, and now it has been cast aside by the city. I like it there, though. Many people...
View ArticleFountain
Back with the second post from Friday – the location is Belle Isle this time. Why, I’d say there’s a boat lurking out there… Joseph H. Thompson is strutting along, on her way to Fairport Harbor with...
View ArticleNew Season
I’m back! After a long and rough Winter, the 2015 shipping season has finally begun on the Great Lakes. Actually, it was technically less than a month ago that the 2014 season ended, but it seems like...
View ArticleA New Enterprise
I was a bit starved for boats this weekend, but on a rainy Sunday evening I was finally able to make it down to the river and see something. My first stop was Belle Isle, for just the second time so...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....