And Lee Makes For a Happy Photographer

The next ship is probably in my top 10.  She was another that I wasn't really expecting to see because when I checked AIS, she was unloading at Severstal in Dearborn.

 As I was taking pictures of the Anderson, someone pointed out that another ship was coming up behind us.  Since I was just about done with the Anderson, I turned around and saw the Tregurtha.  I was very happy at this development.

 So of course I started to take pictures.  The grizzled veteran is still looking pretty nice.

 She still wears her war ribbons proudly.

 And this gave me a chance for some angles that I don't normally get because I think we were closer to her than the Anderson.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 Another full shot of her side.

 And her deckhouse.

 She slowly approaches downtown.

 And moves past the Ren Cen.

 And then I get a shot of her and the Anderson in the background.  So this is a cool shot of two veterans of the Lakes.

And one more shot of her.

The Arthur M. Anderson Makes an Apperance

I was hoping that I would see some freighters while I was on the cruise.  Since it was supposed to be three hours long, I figured there was a good chance of that.  One ship that I didn't expect to see was the Arthur M. Anderson.  I saw that she was headed upbound before I left home.  I was hoping that I would catch her as I arrived downtown but she decided to stop for fuel at Mistersky.

 That was fortunate for me because it delayed her long enough for me to catch her from the boat.  There is something to be said for catching ships in thier medium.  Sadly, we didn't didn't get too close to her.

 But that's okay, I think the pictures are nice enough and she was a ship I was happy to see because as I said in the last post, she's my second favorite ship out there.  She's a beautiful looking boat.

 Factor in that she has her place in Great Lakes Lore cemented because she was the ship that stuck around for the Edmund Fitzgerald.

 And she slowly heads upbound.  I think she was headed to Stoneport, which is near Alpena.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 A shot against some of the buildings in Detroit.

 And downtown Detroit.

 And against the Ren Cen.

And one more.

Riding on the Diamond Belle - Part III

And we reach the final post of this series.

 The Canadian Club whiskey distillery.  The company was founded here in 1858 and has continually expanded since then.

 I believe this building is the headquarters for Hiram Walker (or whomever owns them now).

 A shot of the Detroit skyline as we were close to the Windsor side of the River.

 This building looks like it may have been a depot at one point.

 Another shot of the Detroit skyline.

 Caesar's Casino in Windsor.  I have several pictures of this building.

 One of the proper ships to make an appearance as we were on the boat was the Arhtur M. Anderson.  I post more pictures of her.  This made me happy because she is probably my second favorite ship.

 Another commorant.

 A view of Detroit from another angle.

 The next proper ship to make an appearance was the Lee A. Tregurtha.  This was also cool and more pictures will follow.

 A shot of the Ambassador Bridge.

 Another shot of the bridge.

 A shot of the people on the deck.

 A sheriff boat.

 The Canadian side of the Ambassador Bridge.

 A shot of Hart Plaza from the water.

 As we were slowly moving by.

 Looking up at the Ren Cen.

 An angle of the Ren Cen that I can't get otherwise.

 Same with this one.

 This view is pretty close to the view I get from Milliken.

 If you see the sign at the top of the Ren Cen, you will notice that it is shaped like the M-1 sign.  M-1 is the official designation for Woodward Avenue.  This weekend was also the weekend of the Dream Cruise.

 Passing the Diamond Queen.

 The Tri-Centennial Light.

 Another view of the light.

 Looking down at the skyline.

 Passing by Chene Park.

And one last view before getting off the boat.

Again, I will have to say that this was a pretty cool idea for a picnic.  I hope that we do it again at some piont in the future.

Riding on the Diamond Belle - Part II

So we come to Part II.  We continued out past Belle Isle and ended up somewhere in Lake St. Clair.  I think we went a little further than the other cruise I took.

 I kind of liked the looks of this boat.  It definately looked older.

 Looking down the side of the boat.

 Off in the distance was the tug/barge combination of Victory/James L. Kuber.

 A shot of the tug itself.  I'm still not a fan of these vessels but I guess it's a way to keep some ships on the lakes.

 I didn't get much of opportunity for these ships.

 I think this is a channel light.  This is used to line ships up to the channel.

 A shot of our pilot and the pilothouse.

 The Canadian Flag.

 A shot of the pilothouse from the front.

 The mouth of the Detroit River.

 One of the houses of Grosse Pointe.  As you can see, there is some money floating around here.

 More houses along the lake.

 A commorant takes off.

 Some commorants hanging around the lighthouse.

 One more shot.

 One of the other river boats..the Ovation.  I've taken a few pictures of her before.

 A sailboat.  I don't often get to take pictures of sailboats under sail, so this was kind of cool.

 A shot of Windmill Point from the water.

 The sailboat from above as it finally catches the wind.

 A shot of a buoy that ends up on this blog quite a bit.

 And the channel marker that ends up on here quite a bit.

 A shot of the Livingstone light.  This was designed by Albert Kahn and I believe it is the only lighthouse made out of marble.

 Another shot of it.

 The Rocky Beach where I spend quite a bit of time.

 The Belle Isle Coast Guard Station.

 One of the houses in Windsor.

 Another house in Windsor.

 The dome of the Belle Isle Conservatory.  This is another building designed by Albert Kahn.

 A shot of the Dossin Museum with the pilothouse from the William Clay Ford.

 The Nancy Brown Peace Carillon.

And one more shot of it.

Continued in Part III.....