Metra Train Photos -- Pics from Kenosha to Chicago

In August, E and I and her family went down to Chicago on the Metra. It turned out to a very cool trip. It wasn't all that expensive and was generally very convenient. I was able to capture some interesting images from the Metra on the way there and back and so I thought I'd share them with you.

I already posted one of them of the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant for the song Electric Resistor .

And so without further adu.... here's some pics:

Chicago from Metra train - the yellow cab gathering - aug 2007 - photo by Mike Fisk

A Metra train as seen from another Metra train going from Kenosha to Chicago - aug 2007 - image by Michael Fisk

All Aboard! Tile art Conductor - Metra train station in Kenosha WI - aug 2007 - image by Mike Fisk

Self Storage as seen From Metra train on return trip from Chicago to Kenosha - aug 2007 - photo by Michael Fisk

Also, be sure to check out our latest tune --> Desert Sun.

Milwaukee Jam Band - Soul Amp Live at the House of Guinness - Desert Sunrise - A New Instrumental Tune Post

Arizona Desert Sunrise near Fountain Hills - November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Desert Sun

Greetings our fine fans... all 5 of you (hey and 2 of you are in the band and one of you is my mom so you don't count =) )! Here's a new post of the 2nd tune we did at the HOG gig back in October 2007 (yep this year, but not for long). The 1st tune we did was our sound check (hahahaha). You should check it out.

Yep, no Milwaukee sailboat pics this time! The Falcon is dead, but I still have a bunch of pics to post of her, which I will do in a while....

Anyhow, this tune seemed to match some pics I took in the Arizona desert back in Nov of this year when E and I went to go see ML.

Also, click here to check out a Cactus Dancing in the Arizona Desert Sunrise and listen to Zingo Bango Bomp at the same time!!

So enjoy. (special buzzing courtesy of Brad's amp =) ) BTW, give it a little time, this tune will definitely grow on you.

Arizona Desert Sunrise near Fountain Hills - November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Arizona Desert Sunrise near Fountain Hills - November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Arizona Desert road into the Hills - November 2007 - photograph by Michael Fisk

Arizona Desert Sunrise near Fountain Hills - November 2007- photograph by Michael Fisk

Arizona Desert Sunrise near Fountain Hills - November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Arizona Desert Tree - November 2007 - photograph by Michael Fisk

Dead Saguaro - the ribs of a dead saguaro in the morning light- November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Saguaro and Cholla cactus near Fountain Hills Arizona - November 2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Be sure to listen to the song!! --> Desert Sun

And here's another song..... about driving through the desert:
http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2008/03/horizons-they-are-gonna-meet-you.html

So Long Falcon Chinook 34....

The Falcon sailboat shipwrecked in Milwaukee on the shores of Lake Michigan is no more. You can watch her being dismantled here:

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=696230

I wish that I could have been there to see her off. Unfortunately, I was not able to.

And there are a lot more Soul Amp tunes here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Misty Lake Michigan Sunrise...A New Day!!

Man it was cold last week on the morning of 12-6-2007... Here's some pics that I took that morning of the New Day:

Misty Cold Lake Michigan Sunrise - 12-06-2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Rocks and Trees and Snow during cold Lake Michigan Sunrise - 12-06-2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

Frigid and Misty - Lake Michigan Sunrise - with Falcon in the foreground - 12-06-2007 - photograph by Mike Fisk

New Day

Here's the lyrics to New Day... a sailing song!

The Falcon is the name of the wrecked sailboat above.

And there are a lot more Soul Amp tunes here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Photographs by Mike Fisk, Images by Mike Fisk, or Pics by Mike Fisk.... you've come to the right place.

If you are looking for Photographs or Images by Mike Fisk. You've come to the right place. M1 = Mike Fisk or M1 = Michael Fisk. Any pics, photos, or images found on this blog that are posted by M1 are Mike Fisk's or Michael Fisk's pictures unless otherwise noted.

Mike Fisk Photographs printed in the Milwauke Journal Sentinel and on JSOnline...

I was interviewed about the Falcon Chinook34 on the Milwaukee's lakeshore for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I talked my head off, but Dan Eagen, the author of the article, just used a couple of quotes.

It is a very cool article. Please check it out at:

JSOnline Story About the stranded False on Milwaukee's lakeshore

What's very cool is that they also posted some of my pics. Check these out as well (although the copies on the soul-amp blog are a bit better quality):

• pic 1
• pic 2
• pic 3
• pic 4

Enjoy.

Here's pics of the newspaper:

Chinook 34 Falcon - Journal Jentinal - Lead Story - Mike Fisk Pics

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Some lines....

Falcon Chinook 34

Drew by wind
On 60 years
Slicing in the liquid highway
Stole away from modern clamor
Now awaits upon the rocks

Her bow calls out, she wants to fly now
But sail and mast have left her hull
She greets the sun, observed, abandoned
To ice, to wind, to waves and stones

Fallen Falcon - Update on Chinook 34 Milwaukee sailboat...

Beached Milwaukee Sailboat - with mast removed during cold Lake Michigan sunrise - 12-06-2007 - picture by Mike Fisk

The mast has been removed. It was removed on either Tues 12/4 or Wed 12/5. Here's the latest sunrises images. It was about 7 degrees Farenheit when these pictures were taken. The sailboat looks even more forlorn without her mast. I'm glad that someone was able to salvage some of her so that those parts will at least live on. I wonder if they will remove more or will they chop of the rest of the Falcon. We'll have to see. If anyone knows and would like to comment, please do. Also, feel free to send any images you'd like me to post... I'm especially interested in any pics of the salvage.

Here's more pics and observations:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/12/chinook-34-wrecked-milwaukee-sailboat.html

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/11/seeing-if-waves-are-currently-moving.html

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/11/stranded-sailboat-above-bradford-beach.html

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/11/falcon-stranded-sail-boat-on-shore-of.html

Grounded Falcon on cold Lake Michigan morning - 12-06-2007

Milwaukee Sailboat stranded - after mast removal on bitter cold Lake Michigan morning - 12-06-2007 - picture by Mike Fisk

Fallen Falcon - 12-06-2007 - picture by Mike Fisk

And there are a lot more Soul Amp tunes here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Photos of wrecked sailboat - Night shots....of Grounded Milwaukee Sailboat - Stranded Sailboat just after sunset - Chinook34 sailboat wreck at night

Milwaukee grounded sailboat at sunset - 12-03-2007 - images by Mike Fisk

And there are a lot more Soul Amp tunes here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Here's another article on the Falcon...

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_7584445?nclick_check=1

Wrecked/Stranded sailboat on Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI - Chinook 34 - Falcon - update....

Milwaukee grounded sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - image by Mike Fisk

I talked to a guy from one of the sailing centers (can't recall which one) and I found out the make of the boat... it's a Chinook 34. Here's another a blog that mentions it. You can read my previous post on this stranded Milwaukee sailboat for more information.

On Friday, some people came in wetsuits and removed The Falcon's sail and boom.

Here's sunrise pics from Friday, Saturday and Sunday (yep, no real sunrise on Sunday 12-2):

Falcon sailboat grounded on Lake Michigan still had her sails on Friday morning - 11-30-2007 - image by Mike Fisk

Stranded Chinook 34 sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - photo by Mike Fisk

Lake Michigan sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - pic by Mike Fisk

Pink skies over stranded sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - photo by Mike Fisk

Grounded sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - photo by Mike Fisk

Milwaukee Photagrpaher taking picture of grounded Milwaukee sailboat at sunrise - 12-01-2007 - photo by Mike Fisk

There are a ton of photographers taking pics of this boat. I have a theory that this is currently the most photographed (or imaged) object in Milwaukee.

Grounded Falcon sailboat -- where I was taking pics the day before is now completely under water - 12-02-2007

Grounded Lake Michigan sailboat - 12-02-2007

Hope you all have an excellent Monday and kick*ss week!


And there are a lot more Soul Amp tunes here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Here's Soul Amp's top ten songs:

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

Here's the Milwaukee Skyline:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/10/sailing-in-milwaukee.html

Here's some coldest day in Milwaukee pics:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2008/01/coldest-day-in-milwaukee-2008-milwaukee.html

I wonder what tomorrow's storm will do to her...

Milwaukee sailboat grounded on lake michigan - update 11-30-2007 - pic by Mike Fisk

Due to the ice and a board, I was able to get very closer to the Falcon today.

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Arizona Dancing Cactus in the Desert Sunrise - Saguaro Dancing in Fountain Hills AZ!

Saguaro cactus dancing in Fountain Hills, AZ - photograph by Mike Fisk

Dancing Catcus. I think he's dancing to:

Zingo Bango Bomp


Happy Friday everybody!!

Check out some very cool pottery photos:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2008/07/amazing-pottery-best-pottery-ive-seen.html

Check out the Arizona Desert Sunrise pics at:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/12/milwaukee-jam-band-soul-amp-live-at-hog.html.

Check out this song about driving through the desert:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2008/03/horizons-they-are-gonna-meet-you.html

Find the above picture in this photo collage of flowers:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2008/07/flower-photo-collage-psychedelic-photo.html

House of Guinness Live Music - Contrails in the Sky over Milwaukee....

Contrails criss crossing over Milwaukee

Here's the next tune from the HOG gig. This is the first tune from the first set we played. Yep, I'm no longer doing them in reverse order of how we played them. I took the above pic yesterday of the criss crossing jet contrails and it seems to fit the tune.

Criss Cross (Zapbam Jam)

And here's a bonus pic (from last night)...

Sunset in Milwaukee - 11-27-2007

Enjoy and have an excellent Wednesday!

Heads or Tails? - Photo of a quarter stuck in the wheel of an office chair during a coin toss

Here's a coin toss that went awry.....

Is it heads or is it tails?

So what are the official coin toss rules when this occurs? We went ahead and reflipped to very good results!

Well anyhow... good luck to all of you's.... =)

And have a listen:

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

Seeing if the waves are currently moving the stranded Lake Michigan Sailboat...

Yep, crazy me. Took some more pics of the sailboat stranded on the shores of Lake Michigan this morning. Got to experience a beautiful sunrise. I will go through all the pics later and post the very best of the sailboat pics, but for now here's 2 pics that show that I was wrong and it's not moving much at all right now.... between 11-23-2007 and 11-25-2007 I thought that it has moved closer to shore. These pics seem to prove that it has not... at least not much. Use the rocks it's next to determine it's position in the two shots. It definitely has moved much closer to shore since it was originally grounded. Man, notice how much the water level changes though.... not really due to tides though I don't think... mostly likely just the wind slushing the water back and forth between Milwaukee and Michigan.

Stranded sailboat above Bradford Beach, in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI - 11-23-2007

Stranded sailboat above Bradford Beach, in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI - 11-25-2007

And another thing that interests me is that it appears as the sailboat has been pushed into shore its keel may have cut a channel. Check out where the ducks and seagulls are gathered in front of the boat...that's deeper water:

Here's some videos about the rescue when the Falcon got stranded:

Interview With Alex Guerrero, a Boater and Surfer Who Helped Rescue Victims

Milwaukee sailboat grounded on shores of Lake Michigan


And since my pics were taken in the morning, you might want to listen to our tune "The Morning Song" which was made up on the spot during the HOG gig in October.

Morning Song

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

Stranded Sailboat above Bradford Beach in Milwaukee...more pics...

Stranded sailboat above Bradford Beach, in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI - 11-25-2007

I took more pics yesterday morning (11-25-2007) of the 34 foot sailboat, The Falcon, that is stranded about 30 yards out from the beach in Lake Michigan just North of Bradford Beatch in Milwaukee. See the previous post for more information. It has moved into shore about another 10 to 20 yards due to the waves. I have even more pics of it (very cool sunrise pics) which I will be posting in the next couple of days. I believe the owner has until November 30th to recover it and then the coast guard will start charging him or they will chop it up with chain saws. I'll try and check on it in the next couple of days. Have a great Monday!

Stranded sailboat above Bradford Beach, in Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, WI - 11-25-2007

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007

The Falcon -- Milwaukee, WI sailboat stranded on the shores of Lake Michigan

Sailboat in Milwaukee, WI stranded on the shallows of Lake Michigan moves closer to shore 11-23-2007

I took this pic this morning. I'll post more soon (I may go out and take some more pics of it tomorrow, since my batteries ran out this morning and I had been neglectful about charging). It was cold this morning; about 17 degrees Farenheit. You can see some of the ice on it. If the ice forms out from the shore later this year, we'll be able to walk out to it and then it'll get destroyed by ice and vandals.

This is a sail boat that got stranded on the shallows just North of Bradford Beach on October 30th, 2007. Brad saw it just after it got stuck and the individuals were still onboard. He contacted the coast guard. Click here for his account of the story. There's also a story about the boat on JSOnline here. Turns out this guy named Pavel Bernek was restoring the Falcon, a 1950s era boat, and was planning on sailing it across the atlantic. It appears the boat has moved considerably closer to shore now since the 11-15-2007 JsOnline story (perhaps due to the windy days we had last week). In the story it was pointed toward shore as quoated here "She is ironically being cradled by the very demons that ended her life. The wind and waves have now turned her bow toward shore, as if to say I want to go home, won't somebody please rescue me from this fate."... Now it's point lake-side and appears to want to sail away. I hope they find away to at least salvage some it.....

Here's more pics:

The Falcon Sail Boat stranded in shallows of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee

Milwaukee sailboat stranded in shallows of Lake Michigan turns around, but moves closer.

The Falcon Sail Boat stranded on Lake Michigan with a wave crashing on some rocks

And a sailing song:

New Day

Here's the rest of the posts on the Falcon:

• 11-23-2007


• 11-25-2007 (New pics)


• 11-26-2007


• 11-26-2007 (Additional New Pics)


• 11-27-2007


• 11-30-2007


• 12-3-2007


• 12-3-2007 (Night Shots)


• 12-6-2007


• 12-9-2007


• 12-10-2007


• 12-13-2007