I Was Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay

  Reminiscing recently of Otis Redding's song recently made me just want to go sit on the dock. As we sat in camp chairs, the song was going thru my mind, and here are some of the images I took last Friday afternoon.  Just to keep you up to date, here is a copy of the song written by Steve Cropper and Otis Redding, and sung famously by Otis Redding.

Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening come
Watching the ships roll in
And I'll watch 'em roll away again, yeah

I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away, ooh
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

I left my home in Georgia
Headed for the Frisco bay
I have nothing to live for
Look like nothings gonna come my way

So I'm just go sit on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remain the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess, I'll remain the same, yes

Sitting here resting my bones
And this loneliness won't leave me alone, yes
Two thousand miles I roam
Just to make this dock my home

Now I'm just go sit at the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away, ooh
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time

  Here is the water Taxi that a lot of us in our youth, used to take over to the Peninsula for our swims at the lake, and use to get back to Erie before dinner time. It is still up and operating, but, not at the same costs as it did when I was young.

  

Not only were there human fishermen on the dock with us, we were even treated by a visit from a Blue Heron who came by to watch the ships come in.  After a bit, it did fly across the inlet, and I think that he may have been sizing up the child to see if he would qualify as a meal. Eventually, came back across the inlet to once again visit with us.

  This is actually how far across the inlet was.  Just did not want to mislead anyone about how narrow the channel is.  If you blow up the photo, you can see that the Heron is next to the child, and they are almost the same height.