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Awe, how cool! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Now you know what I do all day up here!! (when I'm not chopping wood)

I've only been to the ocean a handful of times, but I was very lucky to grow up with a dad who was a boat captain and wreck diver here on the Great Lakes. This water runs through my blood for sure. Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you, and you are very welcome! I was very lucky that day, I'm glad I was able to share it

Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it. These ships mean a great deal to me, growing up SCUBA diving many of the Great Lakes wrecks with my dad. It was an absolute dream come true to walk the deck of the Anderson. I don't have enough words to thank the Captain!

Thank you, I really appreciate it. And I didn't realize I didn't add the music credit! Apologies to you and the artist, I'll add it into the description. Definitely right place, right time. Incredibly lucky that day!!

@@thomas.salwoski looking forward to finding out more. Tastefully chosen.

I couldn't agree more! Walking into the pilothouse, the entire atmosphere changed instantly. There is so much history within that room, it was just incredible to see all of the equipment.

Thank you! The Captain is one of my favorite people ever now, he was beyond nice and had so much fun walking us through the ship.

Music is a tough thing here! But I'm doing them now with little to no music at all. Much better that way! Thank you for watching, and I appreciate the feedback

You're welcome, thank you for watching!!

Thank you, glad to share the experience! From what I understood about the generators, there are two 16 cylinder Caterpillar engines and they run not just the boom, but the unloading belts as well. That belt had to be close to a half-mile long and looked 3 inches thick! It must take great amounts of power just to run the belt, even without a load.

Thank you! It’s an amazing experience to live off grid. Not easy, but worth the work. I did find out later that night that she has a cub! That’s where the more aggressive than usual behavior came from. Cub was probably close by. They both came for a visit just before midnight, ended up filming them for about 20 minutes. They both just stopped by again about an hour ago! I don’t think she would have attacked even if she made it to the door, but she sure wasn’t happy!!

This one was different than most I’ve seen. They usually scare pretty easily! Keep your eye out 👀

I do enjoy watching the bears a lot when they come by, but I am thinking of moving the feeders a little further away!

Oh believe me, I will never hesitate again! The only reason I did this time was because out of the several dozens of bear I see, just yelling ‘Hey Bear!’ gets them to leave! This one had zero cares. The bike has a new spot!!

@@thomas.salwoski I have heard that some are getting bolder than ever.

Yes for sure. I’m thinking maybe a neighbor is feeding this one. They usually aren’t this comfortable around people.

Yeah, exactly. I met the Captain that morning while flying the drone getting shots of the Anderson. The tour was 5 hours later. It's crazy that it's possible to photograph the same ship in two different sessions, isn't it?

As a fabricator and mechanic myself, the machinery was just mind blowing! I couldn't believe what it takes to run that ship. I did ask the Captain about the clamps. He said there were different variables that decided how many clamps would be used. Expected incoming weather and such. He also said a different amount of clamps are used between summer and fall seasons. Didn't get the reasons behind that, but they did go through and latch more than what was seen in the video. Thank you for watching, much appreciated

Thank you, I was it was such an incredible experience! Yes! This is the same ship that tried to find the Fitzgerald survivors. Such amazing history in that ship, and still going strong since 1952!!

I haven't heard anything as of yet about retirement. She sure looked good for many more years to me, that ship was maintained incredibly well! I would think the Anderson is certified as a historical vessel somehow, I'm not sure! But that would save her a trip to the scrapyard. There's just too much history, she needs to be a museum ship!

The most common materials on the Great Lakes are taconite pellets, dolomite, limestone, and salt. The Anderson has a capacity to hold 25,000 tons! And she's not even one of the largest ships. It was loading dolomite while I was on board, usually used for pavement and cement products.

You are very welcome! Happy to share, I'm glad you liked it

You're welcome, I really appreciate it! I'd like to continue with this ride-along style video, this was my first practice shot! Thank you for watching

Thank you so much! I've always wanted to attempt a video like this, but I'm still figuring things out and getting comfortable. If the feedback was good, my plan was to continue to try! This place is just too beautiful not to share. I really appreciate the feedback, it's a huge help for me!

Much appreciated!! One of these days I'll just come down there in the middle of the night and toss you guys into the Jeep! I'm actually going to be down in your area in a week or two, we should grab a beer and discuss this Drummond trip. Meyer too! It's been way too long

Yes, let me know we can meet up. And talk about a weekend to come hang out with ya.

Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I’ve always wanted to try recording an entire photo session, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it! Just need a bit of practice. Next one I’ll get more focused into the equipment I use as well, I think I’ll be more comfortable with how to do it now. Thank you for watching!

Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I spend way too much time on that app! The Wilfred Sykes was here on the island today but I missed it! That’s one of my favorites. Thank you for watching!

@@thomas.salwoski I got to see her back in the end of March at Barbeau and then waited for her in De Tour Village

I like the natural sound of the water and nature better than music, that’s my opinion anyway. Was she blowing her horn for your drone??

@@tmayer0009 I agree, I like the natural sounds much better than music. Hopefully I’ll be able to continue doing that with some practice! The horn was the Drummond Islander IV ferry boat taking off just behind me. They have to give a quick blast before each run.

Yeah, I think I used up all my luck that day!!! That's ok though, it was worth it. I'm glad you got to see the tour!!

I'm glad you liked it! Freighters have been in my life for as long as I can remember. I'm glad I'm able to share some the experiences here. Thank you for watching!!

You’re welcome, glad I was able to share. Thank you for watching, I appreciate it!

Thank you, much appreciated! And I couldn’t agree more. The Captain is one of the best people I’ve met in a lot of years. We had a great time, he was so proud of that ship! Just being on the Anderson was incredible, but he took it to a whole different level with that tour! Could never repay him for that

The Anderson couldn’t have a better Captain. I was always curious as well, and he was just the coolest guy ever. You could see how much he loved that ship, the tour was just incredible!

@@thomas.salwoski Agreed! The energy to that tour impressed my very love for the Anderson and Fitzgerald. I did notice something in the wheelhouse. No wheel, or was I not paying much attention to the detail?

That was one of my favorite things to see, the sound was so loud! I didn't realize yet that the Captain was planning on taking us inside the ship until we were down looking through that hold door!

Thank you so much! I'm so glad I was able to share the experience. It was such an unexpected thing!! I owe the Captain a great deal, he went above and beyond anything I had expected. I initially asked if I could just put my hand on the hull, and then he gave a tour of the whole ship! He is a great person, and fully deserves to be the Captain of the Anderson! He was so proud of her.

The mechanics and machinery were incredible! The amount of maintenance being done while loading was crazy, they keep the ship in pristine condition! Started operation in 1952 and still going strong. I just saw her pass by a few days ago, took some photos on the way by! Thank you for watching, much appreciated

I can't remember for sure, but I believe he said there are 24 crew members on board. And every single one of them was busy doing something!! It was quite a thing to see

Thank you!! I decided to leave all my gear behind. And as a photographer, it was tough decision! But I wanted to make sure I was in the moment and not fussing with camera settings and gear, this tour meant too much to me. I had my iPhone and a tiny pocket video cam, (which I only grabbed at the last minute!) I just held the cam to my chest the whole time hoping I was getting good shots!! I'm glad you liked it, and the music as well. It's so difficult to make a soundtrack