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When in danger, when in doubt, RUN IN CIRCLES, SCREAM AND SHOUT!
| | Re: Exploring SS Columbia (video) <Reply # 1 on 7/17/2012 2:04 AM >
| | | I suppose the good news is that neither vessel appears from a distance to be any worse for wear now then they did 10 years ago when I took the below photos. I am amazed that both are still floating, but not surprised that no one has raised funds to restore either into operating condition, because it'll be expensive enough to get one seaworthy, but then after that you've got to come up with a business model to make it a profitable enterprise and there's already plenty of competition for Detroit River cruises.
Despite growing up in SE Michigan, for better or worse I never made it to Boblo. By the time I was a teen, a large, modern amusement park about 2 hours away from SE Michigan was open at Cedar Point Ohio & for any decent family that had a car, Cedar Point in this era was much preferable due to Boblo Island having become a popular field trip spot for Detroit Public Schools & the rowdy savages who had it out for any relatively well-off suburban school kids, especially while on the boat. I know that at least in the final years of the boat operation, large fights & stabbings weren't unusual.
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