The Mighty Arthur M. Anderson

So I saw that the Arthur M. Anderson was coming down from one of the stone ports.  She was heading down to Conneaut, I think.  Since I think loaded ships look cooler than unloaded ships, I figured I had to go catch her.

 Anyway, it was a nice sunny day which meant that the water was going to be a nice shade of blue.  I love it.

 She continues off Lake Huron.  She will start making her turn for the first part of the channel soon.

 She starts to make her turn for the river.  This is probably my favorite view of a Great Lakes ship.  You can see the forward mounted pilothouse and the rear mounted deck house.  I'm not sure why this particular configuration was on the Lakes though.

 Some speculate that it helps for visibility in fog.  I'm pretty sure it does but you have to be aware of how the ship turns.  You don't have a guide like you do in a rear mounted pilothouse.

 Others speculate that it helps when navigating some of the rivers on the Great Lakes.  I actually can buy that argument more than the one above.  Many of the rivers are pretty straight but then there is the Cuyahoga.

 Anyway, she makes the turn for the channel entrance.  Ships have to make a turn as they leave Lake Huron.  There is a little crook on the St. Clair River as you enter the river.

 I'm actually kind of surprised that they never dug a canal like they did with Mission Point up in the Soo.  Maybe Port Huron was built up before the river traffic increased.  By the time they realized there was a probably, they couldn't dig a canal.

 Shortly after entering the river, the ship will start to make a turn for another bend in the river.

 This gives the second headshot you can get up in Port Huron.

 She then makes a turn for the other crook in the river.  Again, I like this view.

 A seagull passes in front.

 Framed by the Blue Water Bridge.

 I kind of like the cloud in this picture.  It is a nice pattern.

 She gives an almost beam shot.

 She passes in front of the casino in Sarnia.  It's actually a pretty nice casino.

 She makes the turn to continue down the river.

 A shot of her deckhouse.

 It was a little on the windy side, so the Stars and Stripes were flying proudly.

 I kind of liked this shot because of the clouds in the background.

 the almost stern shot.

 I like this one too..

One more stern shot as she and I go on our merry ways.  If it was Conneaut she was headed to, I think that is about 17 hours from this point (190 nautical miles, roughly).