The Cuyahoga Unloading in Sarnia

This is another ship that I was hoping to catch.

 I saw that the Cuyahoga was heading upbound but I wasn't sure if I would catch her or not.

Well it turns out that she had to unload in Sarnia.  I found a couple spots where I could catch her.

The Patras Docked in Sarnia

The next ship is making her debut on this blog.  Normally I don't count docked ships but I suspect this will be the only time I see her.

 The Patras is one of many salties that ply the Great Lakes.  She is owned by Harren and Partner Shiffahrts out of Bremen, Germany.

 She was built in 2007 and can carry 16,979 tons of cargo.

 I'm not sure if she was loading or unloading though.

Some Seagulls

If you spend enough time along the water, you will see seagulls.

 Many people consider seagulls as nuisance birds.  In many ways they are.

 But they do have cool looking plumage.

 One standing on the rail.

Occasionally I try to get them in flight.

The Lee A. Tregurtha on a Sunny But Cold Day

One of the ships I was heading up to catch is the subject of this post.

 I think the Lee A. Tregurtha was heading up from the Rouge River.  She would have delivered taconite there.

 She is on her way up to Marquette where she will pick up more taconite to probably return to the Rouge River.

 At any rate, she's a pretty cool looking ship.

 The almost beam shot.

 A shot of her deckhouse.  She had exhaust scrubbers installed and that gives her an almost steamship look.

 She continues up the St. Clair River.

 I decided to catch her again at the Blue Water Bridge.

 This makes for some of my favorite angles.

 And of course the headshot.

 Another shot as she catches the light of the sun.

  Another shot of her deckhouse.

 A shot of her stern with the Stars and Stripes flying proudly.

One more shot as she continues onto Lake Huron.

The Tug Michigan and Barge Great Lakes Marysville

I decided to head up to the Port Huron area to do a little boatwatching yesterday.  It was a little on the cold side but I saw the potential of catching a couple of ships.

 First up is the tug Michigan and her barge, the Great Lakes.  If you look to the back, you can see the subject of my next post.

 I'm not a huge fan of tug/barges but some of them look kind of cool.

 I'm not really sure what she's carrying though.

I do know that she's on her way to Chicago.

Ann Arbor Planewatching

So it was kind of a long story that led me to this.  There were some people that saw an eagle at work, so of course I grabbed my camera.  I would have gotten some good pictures if I didn't leave the camera in manual mode when I took the train pictures on Tuesday.  All of my pictures were way overexposed and I didn't notice until the eagle was gone.

 As I went out to see if I could catch him again, I saw that there were some planes flying around.  One of them was this Cessna.

 I figured that I might as well catch the late afternoon 747 as well.  This particular one was the one on the way to Seoul.

 The moon.

 A Piper Arrow.

 The other 747 that was headed to Shanghai.

 I needed gas, so I stopped at the Speedway station on the corner of Ellsworth and State Street.  While I was filling up, I caught this Cessna 152.

 It was followed closely by this Cessna 152.  As I was taking its picture, I noticed that its tail number was 757, so I call this a plane aspiring to better things.

 The first Cessna 152.

 This is a Cessna 152 that I've seen before.  It belongs to the Michigan Flyers.

 One of the things that I like about planespotting at Ann Arbor is that I get a chance to get some decent front end shots.

 That plane starting to pass me.

 the 757 plane again.

 This is a Diamond Aircraft DA40 Diamond Star.  The DA40 is an Austrian built lightweight aircraft constructed from composite materials.  It is based on the earlier DA20 but it has four seats.  It is powered by a Lycoming IO-360 180 horsepower engine which gives it a top speed of 150 knots.  Its first flight was in 1997 and it is still in production.  It is a pretty cool looking aircraft.

 Continuing with the Cessnas.

 Trying to get the other angles.

 And the beam shot.

 Back to the "757".

As I was leaving the airport, I saw this Alaska Airlines 737 flying overhead.  It was on its way to Seattle.

Watching the Ann Arbor Railroad Pass By

As I was heading home Tuesday night, I went by the spot where I usually see the Ann Arbor Railroad because I was hearing it all day.  Well I did end up seeing it but it was a ways down.

 Well I did end up seeing it but it was a ways down the track, so I went to the spot where it crosses Morgan Road.

 I was about to give up because it was getting rainy and miserable but I figured with the color, it would make for a cool picture.

 Well as it turns out, I was correct except I wasn't happy with the engine running backwards but you take what you can get.

 It wasn't that bad, I guess.

 I'm not sure where it was taking the hoppers though.

And this should be a familiar logo.