But Wait, There's One More

 I should have posted this picture before the other posts, but I remembered that I had it.

Earlier this year, the Hollyhock was taken from the Great Lakes.  I think she was going to Baltimore for a refit and repairs.  She was replaced by the Sequoia, which is the cutter above.  I didn't have a chance to take a picture of her before, so enjoy a slightly fog shrouded version of her.

A Wolverine by Any Other Name

 Next up is my last boat of the day.

She was also fairly close.  In fact, if the Mariner hadn't taken a wide berth, I could have gotten a passing shot.

I'm not sure where the Pierson was heading from but her AIS said she was heading to Thessalon.  That is to the north of Detour.

I'm not sure if she is taking something there or picking up something.

Judging by her anchor pockets, I would say she is loaded which means she is delivering something.

Thessalon is fairly close to Sudbury.  And Subury has a nickel mine.

I'm not sure if nickel is delivered by ship though.

Anyway, the Pierson used to be known as the Wolverine when she was owned by her previous company.

I wish that named would have stayed because it's a cool name.

Then I switched to my drone.

I didn't get close this time.

The beam shot.

And she continues on her way.

One last shot.

It was a pretty cool day.  I got to catch the Anderson on a day that will remain in her history.  I got to see a bunch of ships and I was able to hook up with a fellow boatnerd.  All made for a good day.

Catching the American Mariner

 The next ship also appeared fairly quickly.

I was going to stay in Port Huron to catch the American Mariner, but I wasn't sure if I could do that and catch the other ships.  

So I decided to head down to Marysville to catch the other ships.  It was probably a good thing because my light was staring to wane in the cloudy skies.

I'm not sure where the American Mariner was coming from.  If I had to guess, I would say one of the stone ports.

She passes the Mark W. Barker.

This shot reminds me of an earlier shot I did of two ships passing.

She was heading down to Toledo.

So I switched to my drone.

I like this angle.

The almost beam shot.

The beam shot.

And she continues on her way.

Next Up, the Mark W. Barker

 The next ship was coming around the bend as the last ship was leaving.

I'm not sure where the Mark W. Barker was coming from.

She was heading over to Burns Harbor.

I'm not sure what that means she was carrying.  I'm going to guess she was carrying iron from Toledo.

Missed the bow shot though.

She's a nice looking ship.

It helps that she was actually built on the Great Lakes.

It would be nice if they did more though.

One more shot with my normal camera.

And then I went to my drone.  I didn't get in front of her.

But I do like this shot.

The almost beam shot.

The beam shot.

She continues up the river.

Switched back to my other camera because the next ship was coming into view.

Next Up, the CSL Assiniboine

 So it seemed that it was a pretty busy day on the river.  I haven't done more than a couple ships in a while, so I was a nice change.

I headed back to Marysville to catch the next group.  They were pretty tightly packed, so I could catch them fairly quickly.

First up from that group was the CSL Assiniboine.

I'm not sure where she was coming from.

But she was heading up to Thunder Bay.

I presume that means she was heading up to pick up grain.

She makes her way towards me.

The was still quite a bit of fog.

But as I said, that made for moody pictures.

One more with my regular camera.

Then I switched to my drone again.

I was trying to get a frontal shot.

But I wasn't brave enough to stay there for much longer.

But I like this shot.

The beam shot.

One more shot before the next ship.