Eclipse – June 16, 2021 by Rod Burdick
If you thought (like me) that you could see the solar eclipse on Saturday in Michigan, I regret to inform you that no you can’t 🫤
Back in 2021, Rod also got a shot of the Canadian laker Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin in subdued light of the eclipse. You can see a BUNCH more shots of ships on his Flickr! Lots more eclipses on Michigan in Pictures!
Canadian laker Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin, passage in subdued light from a solar eclipse by Rod Burdick
Michigan in Pictures 
Bummer about the eclipse and also our weather forecast from Friday through Monday. Where is Spring? However, I read Mark Torregrossa’s Twitter/X post today about NOAA’s long-term predictions for April – June: warmer than normal and rainy. My walking regimen is taking a major hit this year!
I liked Rod’s pictures in his Flickr gallery. I think I mentioned before that my labor lawyer boss had some freighter line clients, among them VanEnkevort Tug & Barge and Andrie and Inland Lakes Management. I did hear on WWJ that the “Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader” was the first ship out in the new shipping season. I once got a tour and lunch on ILM’s “J.A.W. Iglehart” when it was at the cement silos at the Detroit Riverfront about 25 years ago. The “J.A.W. Iglehart” took on paying passengers for Great Lakes cruises and the accommodations were very nice and their passengers (like us) dined with the officers.
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Very cool. Back in the day I featured photos from a guy who was on the crew of one of the oldest ships on the lakes, the Southdown Challenger. May have to bring it back…
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Yes, it was and seeing the gallery of photos from the Southdown Challenger made me feel like I was right there with him on the deck. I remember being on the deck and seeing just how long that freighter really was. The accommodations for the Southdown Challenger were nice (the owner’s room) plus the lounge. Thank you for sharing. My boss and his attorney friend used to go on the “Steamship Alpena” every Summer up until the pandemic when they only allowed crew, no guests aboard any of the vessels. It was a smaller vessel, but they would take a “cruise” for three or four days, sometimes longer, hop off and drive back or fly back, depending on their schedules.
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This was a post I wrote back in 2013 – it shows the “S.S. Alpena” though you can’t see much. My boss always sent me photos on each “Great Lakes cruise”, often positioning a few bottles of wine at the bow and taking the photo from back further on the deck. My boss was into California Cabernets and used to give a bottle of nice wine from his favorite vineyards to each of the officers and then pose with them. I used smaller pictures back then, so you have to click it, but it’s nothing like the photos in the gallery. Our client owned the tug “Karen Andrie” that was in yesterday’s gallery. Stan Andrie (owner/our client) named all the tugboats after women members of his family.
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Very cool! They are sooo big! I never got to stay on a freighter but I did get a room a couple times on the Badger ferry
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