Great lake boats, a good video

[5030]

I'd stick with a lakes cruise. No chance of low water with that.

 

[MossRoad]

Panoramic view of the Mississippi River from a public park near Tunica about 3 weeks ago. Sandbars!

Notice the floating pavilion/boat pier is almost bottomed out.

Also, above that floating pavilion is an event center. Wife and I were walking up there and found this little guy baking on the concrete in a loading dock.

Took him down to the floating pier and set him near the edge. He poked his head out and watched us walk away. When we got back up on the ramp about 50' away from him, he popped his legs out and jumped in.

Probably get eaten by a big old catfish! But I couldn't watch it bake way up there on that loading dock.

 

[MossRoad]

A video from MLive showing some waves on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Wife and I walk on all of those piers. Not that day. All the big boats seemed to be waiting it out.

 

[5030]

Bet the lighthouse keepers were hunkered down...

 

[MossRoad]

Bet the lighthouse keepers were hunkered down...

Pretty sure they're all unmanned now.

But could you imaging having the job of walking the cat walk out there in surf that's much higher than that? That'll get your blood flowing.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Mendonsy]

This article is kinda interesting: whaleback barge shipwreck

 

[ArlyA]

Group dressed as Halloween witches paddle on Lake Superior​

Marquette resident Aurora Dobbs invited the community to take part in a ‘Witchy Sunset Paddle’ at Mattson Lower Harbor Park to celebrate the spooky season​

Witches take to Lake Superior near Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette for a 'Witchy Sunset Paddle'(WLUC)
By Vinny La Via
Published: Oct. 22, 2022 at 12:05 AM EDT|Updated: 8 hours ago
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) - A group of women dressed as witches gathered at Mattson Lower Harbor Park in Marquette on Friday night for a sunset paddle.
The women, all dressed in Halloween costumes, took to Lake Superior on their paddle boards for a ride.
After a week of snowy, windy weather across Upper Michigan, the water cooperated Friday night and was as still as could be. This made for an easygoing experience for those paddling on the water.
Nina Fassbender, one of the witches in attendance, says the event was inspired by something similar that took place on the west coast. “We’re right next to Lake Superior, the greatest, largest freshwater lake in the world,” Fassbender said. “So it’s a perfect place to do something like this.”
Fassbender explained that this event was inspired by other events like it that have taken place on the west coast.
“The paddle ride was inspired by Oregon,” Fassbender noted.
She went on, “They had an annual witch paddle like this, and tons of people would go. In the beginning, though there were only like five people. So I guess if only five people show up that’s still progress.”
More than five people did show up to the event, with about ten total paddlers taking to the water.
If you missed Friday’s sunset paddle, don’t worry.
Fassbender said the group plans to hold another Halloween-themed sunset paddle again next year.

 

[BravoXray]

Mesabi Miner loaded in Duluth/Superior headed to Indiana Harbor for the ninth trip this season.

 

[jjeff]

Wife and I were in Tunica, Mississippi and Nashville a couple weeks ago. The river is D.O.W.N.!!! low. Sandbars everywhere. I read a story about a cruise ship were people paid something like $12-15K for a two week cruise from New Orleans to St. Paul, MN. They didn't make it out of Arkansas, stopping 150 miles south of Memphis.

Ahh, here it is.

Cruise Canceled Due to Low Water Levels

The new Viking Mississippi has had to cancel her current sailing and future cruises may be in Jeopardy due to drought and low water levels.

www.cruisehive.com

Apparently way down.