A St. Clair Sheriff's Boat

 As I was getting ready to leave, this guy passed by too.

I love working boats.  Especially law enforcement boats.  It looks like it might be fun but it seems like people are stupider when they get on the water.

So I imagine, these folks keep busy.

And they move off.

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.

Catching the Lee A. Tregurtha on the Flip Side

 The Lee A. Tregurtha wasn't too far behind the Algoma Discovery, so I decided to stick around to catch her.

This picture is reminder of why I hate the first really warm day of the year.  It was in the upper 80s today and the water is still fairly cold.  That means heat haze.

My bow shot ruined by heat haze.

This shot is pretty close to being acceptable.  

Anyway, the Tregurtha was coming up from Dearborn.  She delivered taconite there last night.

She was heading to Stoneport.

She is going to pick up stone there but I'm not sure where she is going after that.

I was just happy to see her, she is one of my favorites.

I still had my drone.

But I think I moved it to the side too quickly.

I like this shot though.

The beam shot that I didn't really get last night.

She continues up the river.

A stern shot.

And one that says, "Until next time".

The Daytime Moon

 While I was waiting for the next ship, I looked up and I saw the moon.  I can never get tired of taking pictures of the daytime moon.

Tonight is a waxing crescent moon which means we are getting close to a full moon.  The full moon will be on Friday.

Catching Up With the Algoma Discovery

 I didn't want to come up empty handed in the Port Huron area, so I looked at Marine Traffic before leaving, I saw that the Lee A. Tregurtha and this one was heading up.  I was originally planning to catch the Tregurtha but I saw this one as I was coming up to St. Clair.  I stopped at my usual spot to catch her.

I'm not sure where the Algoma Discovery was coming from but she was heading to Superior.

The list the last port visited as Port Colborne but I think she was coming up from Quebec City or so.

Given her configuration, I think she was heading to Superior for grain.

I did bring my drone with me.  I was hoping to catch the Nickel Plate with it but I didn't really have a good spot to do that.

It was a little windier today.

But the sun was right, so I'm not going to complain.

She continues up the river.

One more shot.

Catching Up With the Arthur M. Anderson

 Selfridge Air National Guard Base was having an air show, so my dad and I headed up there.  I also saw that the Arthur M. Anderson was coming down.  I had to catch her, so before the air show I headed up to catch her.

I was actually hoping to catch her as she was passing Port Huron, but we didn't get up there soon enough.

As we arrived at Marysville, I saw her stern as she kept moving down the river.

So we stopped in St Clair and that's where I caught her.

She was heading down from Duluth with a load of Taconite for Toledo.

The sun was still shining at this point.

The beam shot.

She continues down the river.

One more shot before moving on to the air show.

After the air show, I was able to catch her again as she passed Detroit.

It was not longer sunny but still pretty warm, so there was a pretty sizable crowd at Riverside Park.

I wasn't sure I would get a spot there but one opened up for me.

I'm glad, because I think I like Riverside a little better.

She makes the turn for the other part of the channel.

A relatively clean shot.

One more shot before Downtown Windsor is in the background.

She carries a load of Windsor.

The almost beam shot.

She approaches the bridge.

The beam shot.

She continues down the river.

The Anderson, Westcott, Federal Champlain and the Gordie Howe Bridge.  No progress since last week though.

A stern shot.

She approaches the Gordie Howe Bridge.

One more shot before moving on.