My First Ship of the Year

 So I decided to go boatwatching on the 2nd.  It was a nice day and I saw at least two ships that I was interested in catching.  Plus it was actually sunny out.

So I decided to head up to Port Huron where I could catch both of the ships that I really wanted to catch.

It is probably fitting that my first ship of the year would be the Kaye E. Barker.

She seems like a ship that I have caught a few times this year.

She makes the trip between Marquette and Dearborn fairly often.

But that wasn't the case this time.

This time she was heading down to Ashtabula.

I think she was heading down from Cedarville because I think it was likely that she was carrying stone.

I think from this point, it would about 15 hours or so until her destination.

It was a nice enough day to catch her but it was a little on chilly side.

But the sun being out helped that quite a bit.

She makes the turn for the St. Clair River.

She gets framed by the Blue Water Bridge.

And continues on her way.

She passes the Casino.

A shot of her pilothouse.

A stern shot.

She continues down the river.

Most of her stern.

And more of her stern as I move to the next ship.