Upbound.

CSL Assiniboine, upbound on the St. Clair River on a cool breezy day.

Watch

A seagull and I watch as the upbound Menominee serenely cruises by.

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Upbound

The Algosea in ballast, upbound. It’s still a little incongrous to see large ships so far from salt water.

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Beautiful

Thanksgiving weekend was spectacularly beautiful. On Sunday we took a drive and wound up under the Bluewater Bridge, indulging ourselves with a box of fresh, hot chips from a wagon.

I had the extra treat of watching my partner, best friend, companion, wife watching the Ojibway pass by, upbound. Too good an opportunity to let pass.

I am so blessed.

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Bright day

The afternoon was far less austere than this image of Goderich Harbour, with an icy Lake Huron in the background, suggests.

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Steerageway

The St. Clair River is jammed with ice in some stretches. The upbound CSL Frontenac had bare steerageway as its bridge crew picked their way through the jumbled ice.

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Incongruous

Incongruous

Even after seven years’ living near the St. Clair River, it is still a little odd to watch large freighters juxtaposed with houses.