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Crystal River Warm!

May 23, 2011

Incredible day on the Crystal River yesterday. We got the tubes, longboards, kayaks, canoes, fishing tackle and mask and snorkels out and finally had a day that felt like summer. It hit 80 degrees yesterday! Summers here folks: Get outdoors and enjoy it while we got it.

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5 happy campers

May 22, 2011

Finally started to feel like summer yesterday morning. These folks on the right were a big part of that. Shorts, T-shirts and an energy and excitement that I have not seen since last summer. Excitement to get out on one of the most beautiful water systems in the world, The Crystal River, mostly fed by [...]

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Little Glen Lake Warming Up

May 21, 2011

I had a call yesterday for a snorkeling eco tour on Lake Michigan. Water still a little too chilly. The Rising Sun and the Phelps shipwrecks will have to wait a few weeks before you see me in that water. However, with temps in the high 70′s today, Little Glen will be warm enough for [...]

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Leelanau.com story by local legend

May 19, 2011

MARCH 31, 2008 Glen Arbor, Michigan Filed under: Community, Leelanau, glen arbor,glen haven,glen lake,history,map, michigan, sleeping bear dunes, travel — Andrew McFarlane @ 8:18 am Glen Arbor is located on a small strip of land between Glen Lake and Lake Michigan in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Glen Lake’s natural beauty [...]

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Good Paddling Ahead….(Weather and Water Levels)

May 17, 2011

The Crystal River is so ready for paddlers this week. Water levels are high. The weather forecast is looking perfect. Glen Arbor business’ are revving up. The Glen and Fisher lakes are warming up. The white morels are “everywhere”. So, get out to Glen Arbor this week or weekend and hop in a kayak, canoe, [...]

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Leelanau Morels and Michigan Asparagus

May 16, 2011

Our eco tour company has gotten a couple calls for morel mushroom hunting this spring and it has been very difficult to explain that we cannot compromise our hunting lands for money or trade. Indeed, those lands are sacred. Maggie and Bev found a pound or so within the village of Glen Arbor yesterday. The [...]

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Home on the Crystal River in Glen Arbor for Rent

May 15, 2011

We think this is the oldest house in Glen Arbor, “The Haven Farm” dating back to the late eighteen hundreds. The house can be seen at our website leelanaupeninsularentals.com if you have any interest in renting it this year. Great house for big groups, even weddings as it has several hundred feet on the Crystal [...]

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History of the Kayak: "Hunters boat" or "Covered canoe"

May 14, 2011

A short history of the kayak recently published in The Kayaking Journal: 1000-1900 — The first kayaks were fashioned out of driftwood and animal skins by the natives of the arctic regions of Asia, North America, and Greenland. These long, narrow, covered boats were ideally suited for hunting seals and walruses across the frigid arctic [...]

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Official Putt Putt Golf Opening Tomorrow

May 13, 2011

The greens are swept. The perennials are waking up. The mulch is spread. The river is high. The most scenic mini golf/putt putt course in Leelanau County is ready for golfers. And half price in the month of May to all locals including Benzie and Grand Traverse County Residents. And, 25 new boats showed up [...]

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Sabin Dam soon history on Boardman River

May 12, 2011

I had a great tour of the inside and outside of the Sabin Dam on the Boardman River the other day: Left me with a feeling of dread. Mankind can be so arrogant. To build this monster and several others like it on one of the most beautiful rivers in Michigan? Well, the writing is [...]

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