Seaway Traffic: Pair of upbound salties:
VITOSHA of the Navi-Bulgar fleet (and former FEDERAL PEARL)
JESSICA B
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Stopped at Iroquois in hopes of seeing the upbound JESSICA B.
Due to arrive at 10.00 - And it was 10.45.
Takes approximately 45 minutes to transit the locks, so I was hoping to catch the vessel on her way out.
No sign of any activity at the locks...
Heading upriver, had planned to stop at Johnstown because there were FOUR cargo vessels anchored there yesterday afternoon.
(BLAIR MCKEIL, G3 MARQUIS, CAPTAIN HENRY JACKMAN, as well as JOHN D. LEITCH delivering to Ogdensburg across the river)
Those vessels were long gone, but happened to catch up with JESSICA B upon reaching the river.
Even though the angle of the sun wasn't in my favor, just had to snap a photo because a huge ship sailing under a bridge is not something that I get to see everyday.
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| 2003-built JESSICA B (formerly POCHARD S., PANAREA) |
My favorite snapshot of the day...
She still has to navigate through the Thousand Islands before reaching Lake Ontario.
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| The vessel prepares to head out onto the "infinite beyond". |
Heading from the shore and back up the path right between a pair of Cardinals chirping at each other. Normally elusive - But also territorial. This brave little bird is pre-occupied with a rival male on the opposite side of the trail.
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| Cardinal |