September 2004
kodak digital camera being used
On June 2004 Anders and I packed up a HUGE Uhaul trailer with all our belongings and our car loaded
with 4 cats and a dog. (Anders had one dog in the truck too) It had always been a dream of ours to
live on a lake and finally our dream had come true. We purchased a beautiful home on Lake Erie shores
close enough to the Hydro Plant that when in port in good weather Anders could come home for awhile.
So this is our view now...not too bad huh?
oh yeah the sunsets aren't too bad either..... (we have been blessed a thousand fold)
Seeing as though the moving and unpacking took alot of our time and then I needed to get all our "critters" settled, there just didn't seem to be enough time to get out on the ship for a trip with Anders. I figured I'ld go out the week of my birthday but then my daughter surprised me by telling me that she was going to drive out to visit !! Yahoo!!! Course the schedule had the ship arriving back in time that I could of gone and got back in time to see her but............I know ship schedules very well now...so figured I better not risk it. As I write this I've already changed the
ETA on the calander 6 times...( No its not Anders fault ever....:o) most of this was weather related seeing as though the Gales of November have already started and its only Ocotober.
Well Anders has been making a few runs from Nanticoke to Ashtablula and back so I hitched a ride with him one weekend. :o) I was to meet him at 4am...oops now 6am.....well no...I finally met the ship at 9am saturday morning. I went down to the plant and Anders got a ride out to meet me at the gate then one of the nice security guards gave us a ride back to the ship. Anders had alot of paper work to do while the ship was unloading so I just relaxed and visited with him while he was working.
There was an Algoma tanker over next to us..but alas I don't remember who..:o)
We were too close to get a picture of the whole thing all at once!
The lake even looks pretty from the Hydro Plant!!
covered belts take the coal from the ship ..of course today they were using both of them so it wouldn't be taking
too long..8 hours I think .
Big discussion on Deck :o)
Writing in the log book....getting ready to head across the lake to Ashtabula
This little bird thought he'ld catch a ride with us.
I never can get enough of this, water, clouds , sun rays...its just so amazing out here...
The coal going on the ship from ashtabula
all the "graffiti" on the walls each individual ships marks.
looking out at the Piers..it was a busy place today with pleasure boats going in
Olgebay Norton unloading Iron Ore.
Cute little tug boats...:o)
looking back towards Ashtabula town, lines of pleasure boaters heading out on the lake,
everyone had a wave for the Captain guy too!
Using the hatch crane to put the hatches back on..almost ready to go back again
loading the last of the coal onboard
Oglebay Norton heading out right in front of us.
Everyone is coming back in for the night.
Birds hanging out on the light
a beautiful Sunset on Lake Erie.
Basically not much of a story to write since it was an over and back kinda thing.
We did luck out ( well I lucked out ) there was a delay when we got there so I got to stay a little bit longer which was fine with me! The trip across the lake is pretty quick when we got back to Nanticoke we went to bed and got
up at 5:30 Monday morning I went home and Anders took the ship across the lake yet again but this time to go to Lambton then up to Superior. Now I am waiting for Anders to come back again a few times.. Sorry Tricia!!
