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check your Grassy Island Point
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charts South Anchor
before Bay Outside New
Baltimore Hwy.
going Strawberry Goose Bay
anywhere. Island
You may
encounter
shallow Lake St. Clair Big Muscamoot Bay

water with Metropark Sandbar Island
routes to (during low water)
all of these Ford's Cove 42 33.167/82 43.088
swimming
locations. Art Van (sometimes just
House below the surface
unnoticed...beware!)

Continued from page 43... Interesting hundred international ships that pass back the deck of a barge where the remains of a
murder victim in a body bag where viewed.
People on the water and forth throughout the season.
As a side note the main character of
Jason is also a pizza de- Watch for the old this original story becomes a 1967
livery captain… freighters will call Boblo Boats off the Chrysler, which is reincarnated as
about an hour ahead and order ½ doz- Detroit River in the a 1979 Pontiac Firebird… fitting to
en pizzas and the Westcott Co. will Transformers 4 be shot in Detroit.

buy them locally and deliver them movie this June. The other film more peo-
while the freighter is en route. His ple may recognize is Transformers
4… which comes out June 2014
most regular pizza delivery is usually with Mark Wahlberg and Kelsey
Grammer. This was filmed last summer.
25-30 pizzas to the Portofino Friend- Jason was not allowed to disclose too much
info, but said his work was done at night
ship boat, which used to be one of the Jason with three helicopters flying close together.
smaller Boblo boats, that today does also cap- He and other captains were there to pick up
regular excursions up the river from tain’s boats anyone who fell in the water and to move
Wyandotte. hired just for props, transport people, and to pick up any
safety…. He debris from the water after controlled ex-
The J. W. Westcott used worked the plosions. He also said the old Boblo boats
to employ a lot of people in its day. Red Bull Air had a role too!
In 1874, its first year, 19,000 ships
Jason also enjoys fishing and in
Races on the Detroit Riv- between all of the Lake St. Clair and De-
troit River jobs, in 2009/10 he joined his
er. He has also worked on brother in Alaska who was running his own
boat doing commercial salmon fishing. Ja-
two films shot on the River. son was there when in late June each year
nearly 2,000 fishing boats converge on
One from visual artist and Alaska's Bristol Bay to await the annual
run of millions of sockeye salmon to their
Red Bull Air Racing filmmaker Matthew Barney spawning grounds.
(whose films are probably
Anyway, thought it was pretty
a little too artsy for most of cool to be doing some fun things on the
water and getting paid for it.
us) but, if you heard of the

movie - opera like - Khu, Ja-

passed by that season and they serviced son was one of four zippy red
5,000 ships delivering telegraphed messag- towboats circling a barge, carrying a group
es. (The U.S. Mail runs started in 1895.) of saxophonists and a percussionist play-
Today with about 8 captains, they do about ing to a group of people watching a 1967
the same 5,000 deliveries per year to about Chrysler Crown Imperial being lifted by
100 U.S. and Canadian ships and to several crane from the river and deposited onto

This one may have taken the prize for the summer - 3 large cucumbers for garnish for each glass.
with its really refreshing taste. - 1 TB chopped fresh rosemary Then peel the rest and chop
+ sprigs for garnish cukes in food processor with
Cucumber Lemonade Chiller - 3/4 C Gin rosemary. Pour the puree
- 1/2 C Lemon Juice
Michigan Cukes are in season July &August. through a fine mesh stainer.
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Did you know that Michigan is the top producer
of cucumbers grown for pickles!

I was able to get 10 small around the
cocktails out of this to pass
1st, cut some

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