Catching the Drake Plane

A couple days before last weekend, I saw a post that a plane belonging to a rapper would be arriving in Detroit on Sunday Sept 29, 2019.  When I woke up that morning, I saw that I was going to be late to catch it.  Then when I looked at it's takeoff, I saw that I had time to catch it.

 This is the plane belonging to Drake.  It is a 767 and I'm not sure what airline it belonged to before he got it.

 He was flying from Toronto to Detroit as part of his tour, I think. 

 After the plane left Detroit, it headed to Sacremento.

 A Delta Airlines A321 coming in from LaGuardia.

 I liked the double beacon in this shot.

 The A321 was arriving from Raleigh-Durham.

 A Delta 737 arriving from Atlanta

 Another A321 arriving from Phoenix.

 A Delta A320 arriving from Minneapolis.

 After catching the 737, I was going to head home and then I saw that this plane was coming in, so I went back to the airport.

 The Frontier Airlines Mitch the Wolverine A321 arriving from Las Vegas.

 A CRJ-900 arriving from Columbus.

 A Delta 767 arriving from Paris.

 Another A321, this particular one was coming in from Boston.

 I was happy to see this plane.  An AeroMexico E190 coming in from Monterrey.

 A 717 arriving from Kansas City.

 I love shooting planes in the moisture.  There are always some interesting trails.  This 717 was coming in from O'Hare.

 Another AeroMexico E190.  This one was arriving from Silao.

 A 757 Arriving from Seattle.

 My favorite angle of those.

 A Southwest Airlines 737 coming in from Dallas Love Field.

 A Spirit Airlines A320 arriving from New Orleans.

 This A350 was taken from a different spot.  I'm not sure I like it.  At any rate, it was arriving from Amsterdam.

 Another AeroMexico E190.  This plane was arriving from Queretaro.

 I kind of liked the moisture coming off the wings on this one.

 This Alaska Airlines 737 was arriving from Seattle.

 A Delta A319 arriving from Mexico City.

 This 757 was arriving from San Francisco.

 I kind of liked the moisture coming off the wings.

 Again, my favorite angle.

 I really liked this one.

 This one was arriving from Midway, I think.

 Another A350.

This one was arriving from Narita.

A Return to Ocqueoc Falls

After catching the ships and planes, I decided to head up to Ocqueoc Falls.  It has been close to ten years since I've been up there.

 They are close to Rogers City, Michigan.  If you take I-75 to get to them, you will pass the Gaylord exit and get off at the exit for M-68 which I believe is the Indian River exit.  You head east on M-68 until you pass Onaway.

 There will be signs for the Ocqueoc Falls campground and state park.  If you end up in Rogers City, you've gone too far.

 It seems like they've done some work to the park since the last time I visited.  They actually had concrete trails leading to the falls.  They also added a nice picnic area.

 These are the only natural falls in the lower peninsula.  I'm pretty sure there are some manmade ones though.

 While they aren't as impressive as the lower Tahquamenon Falls, they still look pretty cool.

 I tried a faster shutter speed but I think waterfalls look better with the slower shutter speed.

 Looking up the river.

 Another shot of that with a slow shutter speed. 

 Looking at a slightly different angle.

 Another part of the falls.

 I kind of liked this spot.

A closeup of the fissure.  I really like this shot.

I will have to come here again.

The Planes in the Rain Land Mainly on the Plain

As I was passing the airport on my way to catch the two ships, I saw a plane coming in and I watched as the plane sliced through the air and left it's vortices.  I was hoping it still was going that way after I caught the ships.

 And sure enough, it was.  This CRJ-200 was arriving from Central Wisconsin Airport.  I love the way planes look when the air is moist enough.

 Another angle of that plane.

 It was followed by a Spirit Airlines A320 coming in from Atlanta.  It doesn't seem like the Airbuses do the same thing as the other planes.

 This Delta CRJ-900 was arriving from Richmond, Virginia.

 Another one of my favorite liveries, is the one belonging to Southwest.  This 737 was arriving from Midway Airport in Chicago.

 Another CRJ-900.  This particular one was arriving from San Antonio.

 An American 737 coming from pretty close to the last plane, but from Dallas-Fort Worth.

 Another angle of that plane.

 This was probably my favorite picture of the set.  A 717 arriving from New Orleans.

 Because I like the looks of these planes, I stayed for a bit.

It is an A220 arriving from Dallas.

The Cuyahoga Loading in Windsor

Since it was a relatively cool day, I had a good chance of getting this shot.

Normally, this shot would be obscured by heat haze but it wasn't that warm on Saturday.  So it is the Cuyahoga loading in Windsor.  I think she was on her way to Sarnia after this and then she would be on her way to Green Bay.

The Cason J. Callaway Passing Belle Isle

So this is the ship I was hoping to catch.

 I saw that the Cason J. Callaway was starting to leave Calcite on Friday Night.  As I plotted out her course, I saw that I had a chance to catch her as she passed Belle Isle.

 Of course, that meant getting up earlier than normal.  The mallard at the bottom knew that and he was laughing at me.

 She was heading to one of the stone docks in Detroit but I wasn't sure which one.

 It was a nice enough morning but it was staring to rain as I was Belle Isle.

 She passes by me and gives me a beam shot.

 And she continues on her way.

 I headed down to Del Ray because I thought she might be going up the Rouge River.  That is one of the places here they deliver stone.

 But it turns out she was going to the stone dock that is by Mistersky Fuel Docks.  But that's okay,  I got a nice picture out of it.

And she turns towards the dock.

My Happy Place Bird

I've decided that my happy place bird is the cormorant.

 This one was flying past Belle Isle but I will see these birds fly down the Detroit River all the time.

 This one was a little further down the river.

And he looked my way before diving.

The Shoveler Passes Belle Isle

On Saturday morning, I decided to get up a little earlier than normal.  There was at least one ship I wanted to catch as she passed Detroit.   This ship was a bonus.

 The ship in question was the Shoveler.

 The Shoveler was a saltie that is owned by Navarone SA Marine Enterprises and is registered in Limassol, Cyprus.

 I'm not sure what she was carrying but she was on her way to Ravenna, Italy.  That journey should take her a while.  Currently, she is on the St. Lawrence River and is about 14 hours outside of Montreal.

 Barring any stops, she should be out of the Seaway in four days or less from the point where she is at right now.

 A beam shot.

 And she passes by.  According to the time she entered in AIS, she wont be in Italy until the 20th of October.

One more shot.