The Paul R. Tregurtha Makes an Appearance

It has been even longer since I last saw this ship.  The last time I saw her was in December.  In fact, she may have been my last ship of the year.

It's not really that she hasn't been past this way, it's just that her schedule and my schedule have not meshed.

She normally does a split load of coal between St. Clair and Monroe.

She passes the Gott.

I even got a little reflection from the river.  I think if the weather were different, I might have gotten an inversion.

She was heading back from Monroe after delivering coal there.  As such, she was riding a little higher than normal.

I figured she would be stopping for fuel, but that's okay, she's still close enough for pictures.

She slows down.

Lovely Zug Island in the background.  I think Zug is closed down.  Or at least shuttered in sort of a layup.

A little puff of steam.  On the buildings behind her was puffing out steam, but stopped as she was about in a position where it would have looked like she was really billowing out steam.

I started to rain that kind of obscured my picture.

But I like the atmosphere of this one.  After she fuels up, she will head to Superior where the cycle will start again.
 

A Mallard Passes By

 As I was waiting for the next ship, this guy passed by.

This was a mallard.  I didn't see a female version though.

The Molly M I Passes By

 This next vessel was kind of a surprise.

The Molly M I was pulling a barge down the river.

Tugboats are colored a different color than freighters on Marine Traffic.  They are a light blue instead of green.  Since I generally don't got looking for them, I don't generally realize when they are passing.

The Sharon M I was coming down from Burns Harbor.  I'm not sure what she was carrying.  

She was heading to Hamilton, so it is likely she was carrying iron fines.  I think her trip is a little longer.

She's a pretty nice looking boat.

One more shot.

Catching Up With the Gott

Generally when I have a "Catching Up With..." post, it means that I have not seen that ship in a while.  I this case, the last time I saw the Gott was in March.

The Gott was on her way down from Duluth with a load of iron ore for Nanticoke.

She passes the Lee A. Tregurtha.  I was hoping to see the Lee A. Tregurtha as she was going up the Rouge River but that wasn't to be, the Rouge was pretty busy today, so she was waiting her turn in the Belle Isle Anchorage.

The trip from Duluth to this point is roughly two days.  It takes little over a day to cross Lake Superior from Duluth to the Soo Locks.  It is roughly a day from the Soo Locks to Detroit.

She has roughly another day of travel until she reaches her destination of Nanticoke.

Nanticoke is on the north side of Lake Erie and is pretty close to the Welland Canal.

Nanticoke has a steel mill and as a results gets a few ships there.

I think there are other cargoes that go there, but I'm not sure what.

The Gott makes the turn for the channel.

As you can see, it is pretty cloudy.  I was hoping to get pictures of the comet tonight, but as you can see, that's not happening.

She passes Windsor.

A relatively clean shot.

She approaches the Ambassador Bridge.

I kind of like this shot.

I could barely fit her in the shot.

I couldn't fit her in the shot for this picture, so I just closed in on her pilothouse.

She continues down the River.

The Canadian tower of the Gordie Howe Bridge graces her.

A view of the River with the Iver Bright still docked.

One more shot as she continues on her way.

 

The Iver Bright Unloading in Detroit

 Even though it was raining all day, I went down to Detroit.  I was hoping to catch a ship pass Riverside and then down the Rouge River.  The ship changed my plans for me but it was still a good day.

Fortunately, it was not raining where I was at in Detroit.  The Iver Bright was docked.  I think she was unloading asphalt.  She is one of the few salties that stick around after the Welland closes because she ends up delivering year round.

Catching the Northern Lights Again

 I heard that there was going to be an aurora again tonight and it was supposed to be a big one.  I wasn't sure but as I was getting home, I could see it at home with my iPhone.  So I headed up to Port Huron, as I was getting up there, it was getting intense.

It wasn't quite as intense when I got to Port Huron, but I could still see it.  So I messed with my exposure times.  I kind of like this one.  This one was a 15 second exposure.

I noticed it was a little hazy on this one but I like this one a little more.  This was a 30 second exposure.

This one was between the two, an I think I like it the best.  I just wish I would have stopped when they were more intense but I would have had to figure out a place to take the pictures.  It looked cool though.  This one was 25 seconds.

I remember seeing an aurora when I was younger but I never saw one again.  Now I've seen two within a span of a few months.  I'm hoping that I see more.

A Stop at the Airport

One the way the home I decided to stop at the airport because there was at least one plane I wanted to catch.

First up was an A320neo.

The neo is powered by a more efficient engine.

This particular one was coming in from Orlando.

It was followed by a CRJ-900 from Providence.

Of course, the one plane that I wanted to catch was a 757.

This particular one was a 757-300 coming in from Orlando.

I love catching these.

They are so beautiful.

About to pass.

And the beamshot.

An A320 coming in from LaGuardia.

A 737 coming in on the other runway gave me a chance to get this shot.

This particular 737 was coming in from Charlotte.

An A320 coming in from Windsor Locks.

This one didn't have an origin point.

But it is a Dassualt Falcon.

This is a pretty beautiful looking aircraft.

So one more picture.

I was not expecting this one but when I saw it on Flight Radar, I had to stick around.

This is a 767 that was coming in from Munich.

I saw that it had a cancer related thing, and I thought it was the one with the pink ribbon.

And I jokingly called that one N318008.

But it wasn't.

One more shot before heading back home.