Posted on 11/10/2009 6:27:10 PM PST by traderrob6
Gitchiegoomie is an unforgiving mistres.
Not really off topic, but I visited a craftsman’s studio associated with one of the historic Revolutionary War homes in Virginia one time. It could have been Geo. Washington’s sister’s home. I really don’t remember. BUT (this is where it becomes ON topic) the furniture maker had gotten hold of a load of Honduras mahogany that had been pulled up from the bottom of either Lake Michigan, or Lake Superior.
It was being transported by a ship that had gone down and had lain at the bottom of the Lake for more than 150 years. The cold water had preserved the wood, and the finders brought it up carefully and were using it to carve beautiful reproduction chairs, and such.
The wood was very fine quality and of a size that is no longer available. The chairs were beautiful and expensive. The waters are deep and hold many secrets.
That phrase is from Hiawatha...
Superior is beautiful but a real bitch to sailors...Huron also is quite a graveyard for sailors....
There are a couple of nice restaurants on the river and you can sit, eat and watch the freighters go by....
I used to dive here in northern Lake Michigan and there are many broken wrecks around here.
The White Oak that the old ships were built with makes beautiful tables.
One table that I have is from a ship that was built in the mid 1800’s. It sank in 1906, and rested on the bottom for 80 years. Doing the math, it was built of mature White Oak, possibly 100 years old. That puts the wood, at this time, of being over 250 years old.
The iron from the pins infused the wood with rich tones, and a density from the iron oxide dulls saw blades.
If you can survive the winters, the northern Great Lakes are one of the most beautiful spots in the world.
November 18th is the 51st anniversary of the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley, lost with 33 men. Two men survived the sinking. 1958 was, coincidently, the first year for the new ship: the Edmund Fitzgerald. In 2007, a team of divers based here, recovered the ships bell from the Bradley, and replaced it with a new bell, with the names of the lost.
For those of you who may not have ever seen the Northern Lakes from the Mighty Mac, or Superior from the Pictured Rocks, owe yourself a trip.
Last june I went to whitefish point. Ten miles from the point it was a nice 70 degree sunny day. By the time we got to the point and parked the temperature had dropped 15 degrees, wind had come up and it was so foggy you couldn’t see the lake from the edge of the beach.
My husband and I lived waterfront on Erie for 2 years. I learned what it means to be cold! lol Get this southern girl back home.
I’ll trade you. I live on a 1000 acre lake in S. Illinois 12 inches of snow max per year and I’d give it up in a munute to live on one of the big boys.
The most haunting ballad ever, IMHO.
May the souls of those long-departed brave men rest in peace.
What a wonderful photo of your Dad.
I live near the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. I stand in awe of the Lake just from the shore! I don’t need to venture into the water which is icy cold in the summer, let alone November. Even my Golden Retriever is reluctant to go in the cold waters. LOL.
I remember my first trip here in preparation for my move. As the plane flew east a ways and then banked over the waters to land at Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, I was amazed at how large the lake is. It truly resembles an ocean more than a Lake.
Thanks for your tip on a tour that I have never taken. It goes on my bucket list.
Beautiful pup! Mine’s a big red one. Getting white in the face now. There is nothing like a Golden at whatever age.
Thanks but now that I am back in the southeast, I’m stayin’ put, VA. GA or the Carolinas for me. I hope you can get back to where you want to be too. :)
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