The Dossin Museum Again

I decided to take a look at the website that tracks shipping on the Great Lakes and I saw that a ship was just coming into Lake St. Clair.  That generally means I have about 2 hours to get to Belle Isle, so I figured I would take a trip today.  I was still feeling a little under the weather and the weather was looking a little under the weather so I wasn't sure if I wanted to go.  In the end, I'm glad I went.

I thought I would try to take pictures of the ship from the Dossin Museum's pilothouse.  As I got in, it didn't look good.

 This is the anchor from the Edmund Fitzgerald.  I think I've taken pictures of it before but I'm pretty sure I didn't like something about them.

 A flag pole.  It looks like it may come from a ship, but I'm not sure.

 A propellor from a ship.  I'm not sure what one.

 Another angle of the anchor from the Edmund Fitzgerald.

 This is a speed boat from the 30's.  I think it was used in racing along the Detroit River.

 Another angle.  Unfortunately, it is not really is a good spot for picture taking.  Shame because it's a beautiful boat.

 This was a stained glass window from the cruise ship City of Detroit.  Unfortunately, the ship is no longer in service and I don't believe there are currently any ships that cruise the lakes.  Shame really.

 Looking at Windsor from the pilothouse.  I guess it wouldn't have been too bad but the windows were dirty.

Looking upriver from the pilothouse.

EMU Basketball Vs. Bowling Green

I wasn't feeling too well today, so I wasn't sure if I was going to go to the basketball game or not.  As it turned out, I decided to stop by for the second half.  When I started the game it was tied at 29-29.  I'm not sure what got us to that point though.  Since I wasn't at the whole game, I didn't get nearly as many pictures as I normally would.

 Anthony Strickland going for a dunk.

 Darrell Lampley charging towards the basket.  He had a pretty good game by scoring 20 points.

 Lampley taking his shot.

 J.R. Sims going for a three pointer (I think).  EMU made quite a few of those.

 Antonio Green going for a layup.

 The post game hand shake.

EMU ended up winning the game 55-50.  It came on the heels of some pretty decent three point shooting and really good defense.  If this team isn't real this year, I think they will be primed for next year.

Lazing on a Saturday Afternoon

I know the title of the Kinks song is Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, but the title seems to work for me today.  I was thinking of going somewhere today but I'm not feeling all that well.   So I figured I would take the cop out and post pictures of Zappa.

 I had been meaning to post pictures of him for a while but I've been keeping myself fairly busy taking pictures of other things.   Here he is looking all regal.

 Something caught his attention outside.

I was hoping to get the shot the second before this because it summed up everything perfectly. And I'm not 100% sold on this picture anyway. Oh well.

Enjoy.

Shots of Detroit From Cobo

I'm not usually at the Cobo Hall end of Jefferson Avenue.  As I was leaving the Hall, I saw a view that I don't often see.

 This is looking up Jefferson Avenue towards the Ren Cen.

 I think this is the Penobscot Building.  It was designed by the same person that designed the Guardian Building.

 The 150 W. Jefferson Building.

While this one was not from Cobo Hall, it is a view that I've been wanting to get for a while.  It is from the Greektown Casino.

A Mystery Solved

So the investigative department of Michigan Exposures figured that it would use the Auto Show as an opportunity to answer a question.  Since most of the car companies will let you get in the cars to feel them out, I figured I could use that opportunity to answer a question I've had for a while.

Does a BMW in fact have a turn signal?  It seems like it is rare that I will see one used in a BMW, so I thought that perhaps it was not included in them.

Well, judging by this BMW, there is in fact a turn signal.  Of course, this could be a ruse....

The Detroit Auto Show

These are my pictures from the Auto Show itself.  As I said in one of my other posts, I really should have taken one of the days off and went during the week.  It wasn't too bad as we first got there but as the day carried on, there were more and more people around the exhibits.  I'm glad that some of the exhibits had cars that were cordoned off.

 The first place we stopped at was the BMW exhibit.  This was one of their concept cars.  I think that BMW makes some pretty cool looking cars.

 One of the Bentley Cars.  This exhibit was completely roped off but I can't say that I blame them.

 The Smart Car is one of my least favorite cars.  For its size, it should get much better gas mileage.  If I remember correctly, it is in the mid-30's.  It should be in the mid-40's at least.  Not to mention, I think it is a butt ugly car.

 One of the Mercedes cars.  You can see the crown around it.

 I thought this one was pretty cool.  I think it is a Nissan concept car.  I tried to get a picture from the front but there were too many people for me.

 The Ford Mustang.  This is probably one of my favorite sports cars.

 The Ford Fusion.  I think Ford had one of the bigger exhibits in the show.  They didn't have any concept cars but they did have a bunch of new product to show.

 The Shelby Logo.

 Another angle of the Mustang logo.  I kind of like how the different things reflect off it.

 This was a Ford Roadster from the 30's.  This was at the Lincoln exhibit.

 One of the Shelby Cars.  This was pretty cool too.

 I forget which Car company this race car belongs to.

 The Chey M-Ray.  I think this was a concept car as well.  I really like the looks of this one.  I think it is supposed to be a hybrid.  And it doesn't look like one.

 The M-Ray from the Front.

 I forget what car this was.

 A shot from the front.

 Chevy's other concept car.  I think this is also a hybrid.

 The Camaro Hot Wheels version.

 One of the Mazda cars.

 A Dodge Challenger.  Originally, I had said Charger but another alert reader pointed out my mistake.  I really like the fact that many of the auto companies are going back to the look of cars from the early 70's.

 I'm not sure what car this was but it was one of the Dodges.  And thanks to an alert reader, I now know this is a Dart.

 One of the Porsche cars.  If I could afford one.

 The Porsche from the front.

 The Porsche logo.

 The Mini.  This is another car that I kind of like.

 Another of the BMW concept cars.  I think this one is supposed to be plug in.

 A Tata car.

I think this is a Renault concept car.  It looks like it might have a solar roof which is a really cool idea.

Well, I had fun at the auto show but the number of people there got in the way of my photography.  If I decide to go next year, I'll have to pick a day during the week.