The Tug Pennsylvania Again

 While I was waiting for the Lee Tregurtha, I was able to get a picture of this tug.

It is out of order though.  Oh well.  Enjoy.

Catching the Lee A. Tregurtha

 So I had one more ship to catch.  I wasn't sure if she would be passing in time but I was able to catch her.

The Lee A. Tregurtha was coming down from Marquette.

She was wearing a new coat of paint (I don't think I noticed before).

She had a load of taconite, so she was heading to Dearborn to deliver it.

It was still a pretty nice day, very few clouds.

And she's a nice looking ship.

She makes the turn for the channel.

Probably my favorite views.

One more.

Then I switched to my drone.  I wasn't sure how many shots I'd get as it was running low on battery.

But I was able to catch the Westcott hooking up with her.

I like the red hull against the blue water.

The Ambassador Bridge makes a nice backdrop.

She continues on.

Moving down.

the beam shot.

She goes down the river.

The Gordie Howe Bridge in the background.

And then I headed to the Rouge River.

There were quite a few others there as well.

the sun was just about perfect.

Stirring up some seagulls.

She passes the dock where the Great Lakes Towing tugs are.

One of the newer tugs.

The Pennsylvania.

ONe more here.

My drone was out, so I just headed over to the Dix Avenue Bridge.

It was getting a little cloudier.

But still nice.

Her stirring pole.

Her pilothouse and you can clearly see her ribbons.

She moves past.

the rear of her pilothouse.

Her plimsoll lines.

A hatch.  Each of these hatches are a standard size so they can be loaded by a hopper.

Her crane control.

A sign about trespassers.

One of her boats.

Her stack.

Old Glory flying proudly.

She passes.

I love this view.

One more shot as she swings into her dock.

A Helicopter Flies Over

 As I was waiting for the next ship, there was a helicopter that flew over.

This one was flying out of the Detroit City Airport.

I think it was just doing tours of downtown.

And it was heading back.

The Detroit Sign

 Detroit is going to host the NFL draft this year.  As a result, they've been cleaning up the city and doing other things.

One of the other things they did was create a sign that says, "Detroit".  They originally billed as being similar to the "Hollywood" sign but as you can see, not quite.  I guess it's not bad but it's very underwhelming.

The Tire

 I ended up heading back to the River.  I saw that there was one more ship coming down and it was one I loved to catch.

Since I wasn't driving, I had a chance to get a picture of the tire.

This is the thing that reminds you that you are in Detroit.  It was created from a ferris wheel.  It has be renovated a couple of times.

A Little Bit of Planespotting

 I had a little time, so I decided to do a little bit of plane spotting.

This one was actually still while I was at Riverside.  It is an American Airlines 737, but I'm not sure where it was coming from.

This was also from Riverside and is a Delta Airlines A321.

This is an E175 coming in from Motnreal.

A CRJ-900 coming in from Columbus.

This is one that I was hoping to catching.

It is a 767.

It was coming in from Munich.

I haven't seen a Delta 767 in while so this was pretty cool to catch.

One more shot of it.

A CRJ-900 coming in from Pittsburgh.

A 737 coming in from Boston.

An Embrear coming in from Dulles.

A CRJ-900 from Norfolk.

This CRJ belongs to Air Canada.

It was coming in from Toronto.

The Pittsburgh CRJ had to do a go around.

Another shot of it.

An A321 from Orlando.

Another view of that.

Not sure what kind of business jet this is.

An A321 from Atlanta.

This American Airlines A319 was coming in from Philadelphia.

This is a Sun Country 737 but I'm not sure of origin.