Detroit BikeBlog, Cycling the Renaissance City

December 25th, Merry Christmas

Party on

December 22nd, In the Chiller

The Ice Cream Store in the Stay Inn (old Days Inn)
on E Jefferson.

December 21st, After the Snow...

After the snow comes the Cold. Currently around 5F with a wind chill down to -16F. On the river a few hardy ducks (Lesser Scaup)remain while two AlgoCorp freighters (AlgoWood and AlgoWay), covered in thick ice blankets wait for the best time to travel up river.

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Algowood waits in the lee of Belle Isle

Atwater is still difficult to get down in places

December 19th, Metro Area Hit by Snow

Starting at about 4.40am the snow storm that developed in California and brought snow to Las Vegas passed through the Detroit area dumping about a foot of snow on the way.

Early Friday morning the snow starts to gather

By about 9am even the bigger vehicles are finding it difficult

For many trying to get into side streets the going is too tough

December 7th, Winter Ice Setting In

Ice spreads across sheltered inlets
such as the moorings behind HarborTown

Ice is present on most of the side-streets

First Ice begins on the Detroit River Itself

Most of the Cormorants have moved south, this guy is late

The Workhorse of the Lakes takes on a good
few inches of ice while replacing buoys

Ice on great lake buoys

November 26th, Happy Holidays!!

Holiday season is nearing and with all the financial gloom that we've had this year I'm looking forward to a bit of a break and some good old self indulgent window shopping. The black Friday sales are already appearing in the online stores, even Apple are dropping prices. Amazon have some bargains lined up for Friday (here) ... if only I had the cash to hand!

Happy Holidays everyone, I'm planning on hitting the Thanksgiving Parade on Thursday so if you're around say hello.

November 16th, Windsor by Night

Winter's really settling in. The hardy ducks have returned to the Detroit River (CanvasBacks, Horned Greebs and Goldeneyes so far) and the snow is gradually becoming more frequent. This means that the riverwalk is now almost abandoned. This is surely a shame since at this time of the year in the early evening it can be a beautiful place for a ride - just make sure to bring lights.

Windsor lighthouse harbor park 2008 Detroit

Windsor from Atwater, Detroit

November 15th, Damn

You can't live in this city for long without appreciating the enormous service performed by the DFD. Just this week a 1am fire started on a stove in another unit here brought out five fire tenders, possibly a couple of them from the station on Grand Boulevard. They surely saved the building and all our homes. But many of the calls here seem to be to malicious fires set in abandoned properties. For those who have to deal with the results every fire is dangerous. Early on saturday morning Walter Harris was in the wrong place when the roof of an abandoned house collapsed (Freep, DetNews). A tragic loss.

November 10th, First Snow

A few chilly days bring the first light snow of the winter.