Saginaw River Year End Review: August 2024

Saginaw River Sunday!

2024 Year in Review:  August 2024:  August continued the above average trend in 2024, with 25 vessel passages, seven more than during August 2023.  This put the year-to-date passages at 111, which was 15 more than the same time period the year before.  We got a salt water vessel visit in August, as well as a number of days when more than one freighter was moving on the river, including three boats unloading at the same time, almost bow to stern of each other in a short section of docks in Essexville.  I also included a bonus train crossing the river on the Lake State Railway Bridge.

Looking to the sky, I only made 17 flights with the drone, covering 19.93 miles, over 2 hours and 55 minutes.  For the year-to-date, that gave me 92 flights, over 97.63 miles and 15 hours, 41 minutes.

Saginaw River - January 16, 2025: Princess Wenonah & Islander

The second set of photos from January 16, 2025 features the Bay City Boat Lines vessels Princess Wenonah, at her dock in Wenonah Park near Veteran's Memorial Bridge, and Islander, docked at Scotty's Sandbar on the Middlegrounds.

Saginaw River - January 16, 2025: Gregory J. Busch, Barbara Merry Busch & North Dakota

To go along with the video I posted on Saturday on my Facebook page, today I am featuring some photos taken that day as well. This is the "Tugs on Ice" post, with the tugs Gregory J. Busch with Barbara Merry Busch tied up in Carrollton, and the tug North Dakota at her dock, also in Carrollton at the old Lafarge Cement terminal.

Saginaw River Year End Review: July 2024

2024 Year in Review:  July 2024  July was a busy month, with 27 vessel passages, one more than during July 2023.  This put the year-to-date passages at 86, which was seven more than the same time period the year before.  It was a good mix with fourteen different vessels making deliveries.

Looking to the sky, I was able to make 25 flights with the drone, covering 30.49 miles, over 4 hours and 29 minutes.  For the year-to-date, that gave me 75 flights, over 77.7 miles and 12 hours, 46 minutes.