45th Anniversary of The Wreck of The Edmond Fitzgerald

The weekend before the Big Fitz went down my neighbor conned me into taking a ride to Detroit to buy a boat.

Came home over the Straights of Mackinac and my buddy wanted to put the boat in at St. Ignace and go for a ride. Winds were blowing 30 with 10-15 foot seas...no thanks.

I drove a lot out of the UP to Detroit in the 70's. Lived as a Yooper for nine years. Beautiful area but brutal on the lakes.