Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: cruise

Terry talks with his hands.

Seems there's a troll living in the Mackinac Bridge's South Anchorage. Keep your eyes open for it.

These folks were our hosts and tour guides on the Shepler/GLLKA lighthouse cruise. Dick Moehl--to the left, and behind--has been president of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association since 1983. It's a long tenure with many accomplishments. Terry Pepper--to the right, in the foreground--is executive director of the GLKKA. He's also the author/webmaster of Seeing the Light , which has long been on my list of favorite websites. Thanks to both for an interesting and informative afternoon.

Welcoming us on the boat for the lighthouse cruise.

"North American docked at Mackinac Island July 17, 1938" Passenger steamer North American was launched at Ecorse, Michigan in 1913 for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company and cruised the lakes for the Georgian Bay Company until 1963; in 1964 she did ferry service across Lake Erie for Canadian Holiday of Erie, PA. She sank off New England in 1967; the wreck was located in 2006 . North American was 280 feet long; I've been unable to find her passenger capacity. Her slightly-larger sister ship, South American, had a similar career. The Mackinac Island harbor's changed a bit in the intervening decades. I've been unable to determine the identity of the smaller passenger ferry alongside North American. Borucki's Lakers