I realized a few weeks ago that I had not completed editing and processing my photos from our trip to Michigan in July. I finished them up a few days ago and have posted a gallery on my Adobe Portfolio page.
We spent a few days in the Port Huron area, staying a bit south in the town of St. Clair. It was our first time in that area, and gave a chance to catch up with Mark Graf that I posted about earlier. While in St. Clair we managed to spend some time in Port Huron, exploring the town, taking a boat cruise on the St. Clair River and visiting the Thomas Edison Depot Museum.
Readers of an Edison biography might remember that Thomas Edison lived in Port Huron during his early years, and as a 12 year old got his entrepreneurial start selling newspapers and confections on the train from Grand Trunk to Detroit. The railroad depot in Port Huron houses the Thomas Edison Depot Museum.
An interesting thing about the St. Clair River is that it marks the boundary between the United States and Canada. We realized that when we were looking across the river we were looking at Canada! And our phones would occasionally welcome us to Canada also! 😉
As it happened, we were in Port Huron during the lead up to the annual Blue Water Festival, so things were starting to get a bit busy. We managed to get in and out of town during the day and before the start of festivities without a lot of traffic issues, although a boat parade on one of the evenings would have been fun to see.
Overall Port Huron is a nice town on the water with plenty of things to see and do.
Thank you sharing the pictures. I live vicariously through your adventures.
You are quite welcome and I’m happy that you enjoy the pictures!
Looks like you had a good visit – with a cruise even! I’ve been diving there – very swift water with everything from the lake funneling down. Not for the feint of heart as they say – a couple shipwrecks down there. The museum is a cool little place, and one can spend a day just watching ship activity.
I kicked myself because while out photographing the aurora last week, I was tempted to drive up to Port Huron, but decided against it as it was already after midnight. Then the next morning I saw someone’s photo of the bridge nicely surrounded by the aurora in the background.
Ugh! Like the song goes, “ain’t that a kick in the head!”
It’s hard enough when you see a great photo from a place you’ve been, but when you see a great photo from a place you could have been it is even harder. 😉
We’ve never been boat owners or cared to be, but we’ll jump on a cruise just about any chance we get. 🙂
I think the saying is that the best days of getting a boat are the day you get it and the day you sell it. 🙂
I’ve never had the desire to have one either – there is just so much “baggage” that comes along with one. I have a kayak, which technically is a boat – just the hassle free kind.
Wonderful series, Tom. I’m thinking there isn’t a need for me to travel but live through you travel photos/blog. But, it wouldn’t be the same!
Yeah, there’s nothing like doing it in person!