Welcome Back to the Lakes......

So the next ship was the one that I decided to catch.

I wasn't sure what time she was going to pass which is why I was thinking that I would catch the Cuyahoga.

She ended up stopping for fuel which gave me about two more hours to decide.  Here she is about to pass the American Mariner.

When I have these pictures, I call them freighter jousting.

Because that's kind of what it looks like.

Close to the bow shot.

The bow shot.

Anyway, the Philip Clarke was laid up in 2020 when the economy took a severe downturn.

She didn't go out at all last season.

This season, the Presque Isle had an issue and the Clarke had to be pressed into service.

I had heard she was going to come into service sooner but sometimes that isn't a decision that is taken likely.

AT any rate, it gives me a sliver of hope that I may see the Blough again.

The Philip R. Clarke is one of the sisters of the Arthur Anderson.

The other sister is the Callaway and I heard that she may be done.

the beam shot.

She continues on her way.

One more at Marysville.

Next I headed up to Port Huron to catch her again.

I like catching ships in Port Huron because there are so many different angles.

She makes a turn for the channel.

One of the views I like.

She gets closer....

....to the bow shot.

She makes the turn to leave the river.

I like this angle too.

One more shot with my normal camera.

And then I switched to my drone.

I was able to use my drone here.

Trying a low angle.

A little higher as I pull back.

I kind of like this shot.

She is heading up to Two Harbors and she should have gotten there by now.

The almost beam shot.

The beam shot.

She continues out to Lake Huron.

And you can see why they call this the Blue Water Area.

One more shot with my regular camera.
 

And Then There Was the American Mariner

 It was too long for the next ship.

The next ship was the American Mariner.

I think she was heading down from one of the stone ports.

That could be Calcite, which is by Rogers City.

Port Inland which is about 60 miles west of St. Ignace.

Or Port Dolemite, which near Detour Village.

She was heading to Buffalo, New York.

For some reason, I couldn't use my drone here.  The app that I downloaded from the FAA said that it was no problem.  The App that controls the drone said, "No bueno".

Since the app that controls the drone allows it to take off, I couldn't use the drone here.

So I was just using my little lens for these shots.

She continues down the river.

One more shot.

Catching a Seagull

 As I was waiting for the next ship to come into range, I saw this seagull.  I kind of liked the fact that the next ship was behind it.

There is an out of focus American Mariner behind the seagull.

He was stretching out.

I got a little closer.

I kind of like this one.

Catching the Algoma Conveyor

 On Saturday, I was thinking about heading to Cleveland to catch the Cuyahoga as she headed to the Cuyahoga River.  That is until I looked at Marine Traffic and saw that something more interesting was coming up.

First up was the Algoma Conveyor.

She was heading downbound.

I think she was heading to Hamiliton but I'm not sure because I waited to check AIS.

At any rate, I think she was delivering stone.

I like to catch this one because the name reminds me of another ship.

The other ship was called the Atlantic Conveyor.

But she was sunk during the Falklands Conflict.

She was also used to ferry Harriers.

Anyway, it was nice to catch this ship.

And the Action Jackson

 And this is the ship that I wanted to catch.

I was watching her all weekend and wasn't able to catch her anywhere.

I saw that she headed from the Rouge River to Monroe.

I think she was picking up something in Monroe but I'm not sure what.

In this post she is heading up to Alpena.

I assume that means she is delivering stone.

It was nice to see her because I like seeing classic lakers.

She passes some stone piles in Windsor.

The beam shot.

She starts to pass under the Ambassador Bridge.

The weather was starting to get a little ugly.

She continues on.

I think it is roughly 20 hours to Alpena from here.