The Kaye E. Barker at Mistersky

 This was a ship that I saw on Marine Traffic but I wasn't sure that I was going to catch her.

When I got to Riverside, I saw that she was getting fuel at Mistersky.  I also saw that she had been there a couple of hours, so I expected that she was going to pulling out soon.

I wasn't sure if I was going to see her actually pull out, so I took a couple of pictures as she was docked.

As I realized that the Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder was pulling into the fuel dock, I looked at the Barker and saw that smoke was coming out of her stack.  That meant that she would be pulling out.

Sadly, I didn't catch a picture of it but after a puff of smoke from the bow thrusters, she started to pull out of the dock.  I was more interested in getting a bow shot of her.

She continued to push out.

Started to give me a good shot of Zug Island.

When I posted this picture, I titled it as "Pulling out of Correllia" because that was Han Solo's home plant.  This looked like the planet in "Solo".

She is another ship that I really like.  she is another classic laker but she is a unique looking one.

She is also one that I see fairly often because she is typically the one that goes between Marquette and Dearborn.

The bridge in the background.

She pulls out in the channel.

Just a beautiful ship.

A relatively clean background.

A nice shot with the McKeil Spirit and Pathfinder in the picture.

The ship moves on.

She approaches the Ambassador Bridge.

The tower to the front.

The tower in the back.

She was heading on to Burns Harbor.  I think she was coming from Toledo which means that she was delivering iron to Burns Harbor.

And the Ever Lovely Kaye E. Barker

 I wasn't sure if I would be able to catch this ship.  She was quite a bit behind the Clarke and I didn't think she'd be around when I wanted to leave.  However, the Clarke took her time and that let this ship catch up a bit.

I was going to try to catch her in Marine City, but she was going too fast for that.  It was a little warmer here, which meant it was a little hazier.

She makes the turn for this part of the river.

I get a head shot here, but it's far away, so it's not very clear.

The Barker had an interesting past couple of days.

First, she unloaded at the Rouge Steel Mill but it was at night.  I was hoping to catch her as she headed up the Rouge River, but that was also early.

I thought I would be able to catch her yesterday, but she headed to Toledo.  I'm not sure if she had a split load.

The she headed back to Zug Island.  I think she picked up something there because she looks like she might be loaded.

And now she is heading up to Marquette.

I like catching this ship because she's nice looking.

It wasn't cloudy in St. Clair, so I was getting sunlight.

She passes.

The beam shot.

She starts to pass buy is passed by a Chris Craft, so this is two classics in one picture.

She continues on her way.  There were a few clouds over Canada.

She was booking.

An almost stern shot.

And one more shot.

The Kaye E. Barker on the Rouge River

I had a doctor's appointment on Friday, so I decided to take the day off.  The appointment was in the morning, so I had an afternoon to kill.  I decided to see what was stirring in shipping.  I saw that there were two that I was interested in catching.

First up was the Kaye E. Barker on the Rouge River.  I like to catch ships on the Rouge when I can because I like the setting.  I also found out that I can get this shot from the Fort Street Bridge.

The Kaye Barker as she is about to pass through one of the railroad bridges on the Rouge River.

The railroad bridge is an ABT bascule bridge.  It is a fairly unique design as there is only one other in the state of Michigan and that one is in Saginaw.

There used to be one in Port Huron but the yacht club tore it down.  This one was built by the American Bridge Company of New York, New York in 1921.

Hopefully they keep it.

Now she approaches the Fort Street Bridge.

This one is a little easier to take pictures at but I have to pay attention to the trees.

I like to keep the drone low.

The Barker was moving slow enough that I was able to get a bow shot.

One more shot here.

Next I headed over to the Dix Avenue Bridge to get some pictures with my regular camera.

I have tried to use my drone here but there are a ton of wires in the area and I'm afraid that I might hit one.  It kind of same really because the pictures from the air here are pretty cool.

Of course, the pictures from the ground aren't too bad either.

As I was taking pictures of this, I thought how much this looked like a face.  So I had to get a close up of it.

Back to my normal pictures of her.

She was coming down from Marquette and had a load of taconite.

She was heading to the steel mill.

I went to get pictures of her as she was passing through the bridge.  I was trying a leading line shot with this one.  I kind of like it.

She passes by and a shot of the back of her pilot house.

Some of her hatches were open and that gave me chance to get some pictures of her cargo.  I'm kind of amazed that it still looks like a pile after the distance it has traveled.

Another shot of the back of her pilothouse.

Not sure what this is, but I figured I could get a picture of it.

A shot of her stack.  I actually like the look of the Interlake stacks.

The control area for her self unloader.

One of her boats.  I think this might be a lifeboat, but I'm not sure.

A pair of inflatable rafts.  I think these will inflate automatically when they hit the water.

A fishing boat.  I think these are used at certain docks for guidance into the dock.

Her lifering.

Old Glory flapping in the breeze.

One of her crew members on the fantail.

She passes by.  I like the reflection in the water.

Her stern.

She makes the turn for the dock.

My favorite shot on the Great Lakes.

As I type this, she is on her way to Stoneport.  I'm not sure where she is heading after that.