It was warm but very windy - probably 20-25 knots steady and the skies over downtown had showers building that would hit us a couple of times during the cruise.
My wife's sister joined us as she tried to recover from the week's wedding festivities for her daughter.
We sailed aboard the Diamond Queen, here seen returning from the 1pm cruise. It's 92 feet long and 25 feet wide and handled the choppy river pretty smoothly. The winds were actually kicking up some whitecaps on the water.
After leaving the dock we passed this historic lighthouse. You can see the storm clouds behind it. Within 5 minutes of sailing we started getting some rain. We were under cover, but thanks to the brisk wind we were still getting some rain blown on us. It wasn't heavy and not really a problem, though I moved to a little drier spot since I didn't have a rain jacket on.
Up the river a ways we came to a new housing development being built right along the shoreline. That house on the right is over 7,000 square feet, but the most amazing fact is the sales price is $1.2 million. I was astonished that a home that size on that location would be that cheap. We have much smaller tract homes not far from us selling for more than that. It almost made me want to move.
After rounding Belle Isle we sailed down the Canadian shore in Canadian waters, and on every flagpole the Maple Leaf was standing out in the wind. It's a rather attractive looking flag.
One of the prominent landmarks in Windsor is the Caeser's casino and hotel which I mentioned in this post yesterday. The day after this photo was taken they laid off 100 people due to declining gambling revenues.
This is one of my favorite shots from the trip. We were still on the Canadian side when I shot this photo of the downtown Detroit skyline with the flag from our vessel in the foreground.
Here's a closer view of the Renaissance Center, now the global home of General Motors. During the trip we saw the headquarters of each of the Big 3 automakers. This one is certainly the most pretentious.
Here's some of the rest of the downtown Detroit office buildings. On Monday when we drove to the airport we left the hotel at 7am and headed toward downtown right during the heart of rush hour. We never ran into a single traffic problem all the way to where we headed away from downtown toward the airport. That's not a good sign for their economy.
As we headed west we passed beneath the Ambassador Bridge which connects Detroit to Windsor.
As we headed back east we were passed by a 1000 foot long Great Lakes freighter, the Presque Isle. If you look very closely you'll see a small boat right alongside.
Here's a closer shot. That boat is the post office for these freighters. He was bumping up alongside the freighter as mail was raised and lowered for the crew. The boat actually has its own zip code.
The cruise was only $15 (including the coupon discount you can get online) and well worth the trip. I'm not sure I'd want to do it in really cold weather, but the wind wasn't bad and the scenery very beautiful.
My wife's sister joined us as she tried to recover from the week's wedding festivities for her daughter.
We sailed aboard the Diamond Queen, here seen returning from the 1pm cruise. It's 92 feet long and 25 feet wide and handled the choppy river pretty smoothly. The winds were actually kicking up some whitecaps on the water.
After leaving the dock we passed this historic lighthouse. You can see the storm clouds behind it. Within 5 minutes of sailing we started getting some rain. We were under cover, but thanks to the brisk wind we were still getting some rain blown on us. It wasn't heavy and not really a problem, though I moved to a little drier spot since I didn't have a rain jacket on.
Up the river a ways we came to a new housing development being built right along the shoreline. That house on the right is over 7,000 square feet, but the most amazing fact is the sales price is $1.2 million. I was astonished that a home that size on that location would be that cheap. We have much smaller tract homes not far from us selling for more than that. It almost made me want to move.
After rounding Belle Isle we sailed down the Canadian shore in Canadian waters, and on every flagpole the Maple Leaf was standing out in the wind. It's a rather attractive looking flag.
One of the prominent landmarks in Windsor is the Caeser's casino and hotel which I mentioned in this post yesterday. The day after this photo was taken they laid off 100 people due to declining gambling revenues.
This is one of my favorite shots from the trip. We were still on the Canadian side when I shot this photo of the downtown Detroit skyline with the flag from our vessel in the foreground.
Here's a closer view of the Renaissance Center, now the global home of General Motors. During the trip we saw the headquarters of each of the Big 3 automakers. This one is certainly the most pretentious.
Here's some of the rest of the downtown Detroit office buildings. On Monday when we drove to the airport we left the hotel at 7am and headed toward downtown right during the heart of rush hour. We never ran into a single traffic problem all the way to where we headed away from downtown toward the airport. That's not a good sign for their economy.
As we headed west we passed beneath the Ambassador Bridge which connects Detroit to Windsor.
As we headed back east we were passed by a 1000 foot long Great Lakes freighter, the Presque Isle. If you look very closely you'll see a small boat right alongside.
Here's a closer shot. That boat is the post office for these freighters. He was bumping up alongside the freighter as mail was raised and lowered for the crew. The boat actually has its own zip code.
The cruise was only $15 (including the coupon discount you can get online) and well worth the trip. I'm not sure I'd want to do it in really cold weather, but the wind wasn't bad and the scenery very beautiful.
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