"Does anyone know where the love of God goes......

[Its On A Slab]

I've done a lot of sea kayaking on Superior....from The Apostles on up to Isle Royale, Sleeping Giant, Nipigon, . There is a saying up there - "The Lake Is Boss". I always traveled with seasoned guys who knew deep water rescues and were very hesitant to tempt danger. That meant staying on shore for the day when the lake was churning. Up there, your weather radio is your friend.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

It's that time of year again, when we remember the Gordon Lightfoot getting rammed by the Cat Stevens......


Edmund Fitzgerald’s doomed journey began this day in 1975

https://www.mlive.com/news/2018/11/...2d22fHcLKnSLSXBAoxcR9wr-ZfRCtM00iMJatEkeDNl2s

And once again I'll be in Duluth two weeks from today...

 

[selmaborntidefan]

I don't know if any of you will like this but it's a bit different.

I filmed the sunset from the land side of Duluth (the peninsula is across the bridge).

It kind of hit me when I was there.

The sun sets - and you hear the wind, which adds an effect.

The Fitz went through this channel on her final journey.

 

[CajunCrimson]

Was listening to an old American Top 40. And Casey was saying that over 300 ships have been sunk in Lake Superior on November 10th. The majority on years when it fell on a Tuesday.

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
When the wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too
'Twas the witch of November come stealin'

 

[Bazza]

I don't know if any of you will like this but it's a bit different.

I filmed the sunset from the land side of Duluth (the peninsula is across the bridge).

It kind of hit me when I was there.

The sun sets - and you hear the wind, which adds an effect.

The Fitz went through this channel on her final journey.

Very nice, Bill! You must have used a tripod - no shake in that vid!

 

[selmaborntidefan]

Very nice, Bill! You must have used a tripod - no shake in that vid!

I'm old school, but I just learned they have these tiny little snake tripods that are less than a foot long that I can wrap around poles and stuff.

So yes, I did use a tripod, stepped back, and placed the phone under the mic.

 

[gman4tide]

I always thought Duluth was a neat town and I still have a 60/40, wool-lined coat I bought in Superior. We used to stop there every year on our way to the BWCA and Quetico, Ontario for canoe camping...

We stopped in Superior on both of our trips to the bwca. Never will forget the look on the waitresses face when some asked "you got sweet tea". Funnier was we were ordering breakfast and they all ordered "coke" or "tea - sweet tea". She said we have water or coffee. :biggrin2: on TideFans.com

 

[gman4tide]

the only time i have been into canada was via canoe in the bwca. i got to do a week and a half trip there with the boy scouts in 1986 or so. great place.

'86 was my first trip there. My pastor took me and 2 buddies up to ely for a weeks worth of camping/fishing.

 

[92tide]

'86 was my first trip there. My pastor took me and 2 buddies up to ely for a weeks worth of camping/fishing.

it's an incredible place. i ended up having a vet in east point who would take a group every 2 years or so. he loved the place and eventually sold his practice and figured out a way to move up there and do something related to veterinary research.

got to see a great display of the northern lights one evening.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

It's baaaccckkkk..

Will be livestreamed tonight

Edmund Fitzgerald’s 48th anniversary memorial to be livestreamed from Whitefish Point - Great Lakes Commission (glc.org)

 

[Crimson1967]

I heard this song for the first time several years ago on the radio. At the time, I had never heard of the disaster but the song was so sad I had to look it up to see if it was a true story. Hit me like a ton of bricks.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

That time again……

 

[Padreruf]

That time again……

Goodness, I sure have missed what you bring to this board.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

50 YEARS AGO TODAY

November 9, 1975
2:15 p.m. The Edmund Fitzgerald, captained by Ernest McSorley, finishes loading 26,116 tons of taconite in Superior, Wis., and departs for Detroit's Zug Island. The storm that would sink the ship is gathering force over Kansas on a northwest path toward Lake Superior.