The Ever Lovely Kaye E. Barker

It's not often that you get so many ships in so little time around here.  Usually if you see four or five in a day, it's a good day.  This time, I got to see five ships within an hour and a half or so.  The third in the convoy was the Kaye E. Barker.

 She is another classic laker.  This time, I got a little more ice in the picture.

 The birds must have landed before the Barker appeared, because here they are flying away again.

 She has a pretty nice head shot as well.

 And of course the shot as she passes under the Blue Water Bridge.

 A three quarters shot of her.  You can see a couple of her crew members on deck.  Although it was still fairly warm yesterday, I feel for them.

 She passes under the Blue Water Bridge.

 And then she makes her turn to stay in the channel.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 One more for good measure.

 Some of her crew members cleaning off her deck.

 A shot of her stack.

 The Stars and Stripes flying proudly in the breeze.

 And slowly she works her way down the river.

She would be the last ship that I would be able to catch at Belle Isle.  And this will likely be the last ship picture I take for the shipping season.  I will say that it's been fun since I was able to catch ships in the ice for the beginning of the season and some at the end.