The River Glen Arbor Glen Arbor Kayak Rentals

September 2010

salmon stacking up like cordwood

September 29, 2010
salmon stacking up like cordwood

I took this photo in front of our livery yesterday afternoon.  The Salmon have been coming in by the hundreds the last couple days. I saw fifty of them above the dam yesterday as well.  The gates of the dam have been all the way down for the last week or so, fairly easy for [...]

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Locals Appreciation Day – Free Kayaking and Putt Putt

September 24, 2010
finn on lookout for salmon

It’s been a pretty crazy week with weather.  I took Finn out on Tucker two nights ago, it was gorgeous, no wind, nearly full moon, saw a gorgeous bald eagle.  Yesterday made me think about starting to “lumber up” for arc building. And this mornings wind is howling!  One things for sure;  We have plenty [...]

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Crazy Wildlife Sightings! Half Price Kayak Rentals!

September 21, 2010
sneaky like a fox

44 years in Glen Arbor and up until two or three years ago, I had never heard of Otter, Black Bear, Coyotes or Greenback Heron in Leelanau County. Bald Eagles and Fox were rarely seen, now there are daily sightings.   This Fox in particular has almost been a nuisance this summer as has a [...]

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Mini Golf and Kayak Combo – 20 bucks!

September 20, 2010
Hooter and Finn battling on number 9

Tempers were flaring when this match went into extra holes.  Finn thought he had it in the bag but Michael started putting out of his mind.  Got real tight on hole 18 and that’s when a putter went into the River…..”slippery grips” was the apparent reason.    Nothing like a Sunday afternoon on the mini [...]

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Blow off Football and Kayak the Crystal River Instead

September 19, 2010
this mornings shot upriver from 1st green

The scene on the River this morning would have made John Donne weep:  ”No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face”.    Not a breath of wind this morning.  Man oh man I love my morning walk on the river. We are around all day today, probably [...]

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Skeleton Crew at the Livery and Mini Golf

September 17, 2010
Maggie at the Livery

We are planning on being “open” year round this year.  Becky, the kids and I are probably not going to the Bahamas for the winter, so we will use the Crystal River and even the lakes if not frozen over for offseason kayaking and canoeing.  Paddling along the coast of Lake Michigan can be incredible [...]

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The Salmon are running and the Kayaks are floating……

September 14, 2010
yesterday morning on the

No doubt this is the best time of the entire year to float the Crystal River.  Yesterday, we put three people from Cologne Germany down in single man Old Town Kayaks from the top, just below Little Fisher Lake to Lake Michigan.  11 miles.  ”There were so many fish!” they said.  No bugs.  65 degrees. [...]

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locals kayak free today and tomorrow

September 6, 2010
family from the top for a seven mile float

Thats right….locals free today and tomorrow for kayaking or canoeing.  All you need do is call us and make a reservation.  We love locals at the River, so come on out and get on the Crystal. My best,  Mike Mike SutherlandMike Sutherland was born and reborn in the woods of Glen Arbor and deeply respects [...]

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Fall Kayaking is gorgeous! Salmon are running….

September 5, 2010
fall foliage over the 2nd hole looking upriver

There are already a few coho and king salmon coming up the Crystal River.  Son Fisher saw a few yesterday.  A few trees are already starting to turn.  Fall is definitely on it’s way.  A quick poem by John Muir:  ”The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while [...]

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This mornings photo at The River?

September 4, 2010
Sept. 5th????  Whos driving the bus?

Very surprised this morning on my way to work in flip flops and a T-shirt how cold it was……little groggy.  Then I realized that the weather had changed significantly in the last day and went back home to put on my Sorels and Snowmobile Suit. Incidentally, this big weather change gives me a opportunity to [...]

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