Aug 06 2008
US Brig Niagara, Lake Superior, Duluth
Summer is here and I have neglected the blog and some of my personal shooting lately. There have been weddings to travel to and shoot, along with paddling outriggers, kayaks, and dragonboats has consumed a fair bit of time. I was on the way home as the sun was setting after paddling OC-6 (six-person outrigger canoes) and noticed the tall ship U.S. Brig Niagara on the horizon as she was departing Duluth.
To me it is a rare sight to see a ship like her all alone in the sweet light of the day out on the lake. I was instantly captivated because it was as if I was transported to the late 1800’s on the shore of Lake Superior, and was thinking about how this the way transportation looked at the time, and how the beautiful summer evenings must displayed many ships on the lake with their sails capturing the last golden rays of the day.
I like the wind and the promise it now holds for us to power our future and allow us to depart from our dependency on fossil fuels. This is very evident by the large amount of wind turbine equipment that is arriving in Duluth on cargo ships to be deployed in the Great Plains. I also enjoy seeing the vintage wind equipment at its full glory on a warm summer’s eve.
