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June 2010

Tucker Lake Eco or Fishing Tour Tonight

June 30, 2010

Tucker Lake is just two miles from Glen Arbor, and attached to the Glen Lake and Crystal River water system.  It is a bounty of indigenous wildlife.  There is a loon nest as well as a large beaver lodge on the lake.  Frequently bald eagles overhead and less frequently sand hill cranes.  The fishing is [...]

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eco tours start today

June 28, 2010

Perfect weather….finally, looks like the whole week should be ideal for kayaking, tubing, canoeing, golfing.  So whats up this week? Tucker Lake eco tour tonight.  7 p.m. till 9 p.m.  Kayaks or canoes.  Fishing or no fishing.  Should be gorgeous weather.  Petoskey stone polishing class in the new rock shop/craft center at 10 a.m.  Wed [...]

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Crystal River getting higher!

June 27, 2010

More rain last night.  Beginning to get a little spooked that we cannot get the water levels back to normal.  The Crystal river is running over 90 cfs and the glen lakes are above 597 feet above sea level.  (Check this out at the glenlakeassociation.com website).  I have been operating the dam for over 15 [...]

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Stormy night

June 26, 2010

Water levels on the Crystal River remain high.  Canoes and kayaks won’t be touching bottom unless you do something really weird.  The Brammer culverts are tough to navigate as the sharp left turn when you get out is nearly impossible to make.  Portaging is a good option for those that don’t want to risk flipping. [...]

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gusty friday

June 25, 2010

NOAA was calling for light variable winds yesterday, not.  15 to 20 knots all morning with higher gusts.  So, the Glen lakes and Lake Michigan are really out for kayaks or canoes today.  But the Crystal River is nice and high with water and canoes and kayaks as well as tubes will get you down [...]

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T-storms comin across

June 23, 2010

The prevailing weather patterns over the last couple weeks have been very interesting.  Intense storms traveling east from Wisconsin across lake Michigan, pounding Glen Arbor and the Glen Lake watershed with multiple inches of rain.  We need rain, but not in such big doses! Another storm will be here shortly, I can see it across [...]

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Mornings on the crystal

June 20, 2010

Holy cow, what a morning on the crystal river.  No wind, not a cloud in the sky.  The mighty Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes will no doubt be busy with people today.  The Crystal river in Glen Arbor is running high again today.  There wil be no issue with kayaks or canoes scraping bottom.  Make a [...]

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what a mornin

June 19, 2010

Weather this weekend is fantastic in Glen Arbor and the Sleeping Bear Dunes and perfect for kayaking, canoeing or tubing.  The Crystal River water levels are now high after those two monster rains that we had last week.  The Glen Lakes and Fisher Lakes are gorgeous for paddling, but all swollen with too much water. [...]

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The River’s Becky Sutherland Interviewed

June 4, 2010

Becky was interviewed in a great article on MyNorth.com, check it out here!  The article talks about how The River strives to be a fun family destination and also about the wonder of the Crystal River as it wanders through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  Now is a perfect time to come on down, [...]

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