July 2006

Beach Reads

Beach Reads

Great beach reads recommended by The Bookstore in Frankfort and the Traverse staff. Full article...

Big Lake Beach House

Big Lake Beach House

Two professors build a Lake Michigan cottage to escape their hectic life in the city. Full article...

Discovering Watery Wonders

Explore waterlife beyond fish in an inland lake. Full article...

Easily Transport Your Canoe or Kayak

Easily Transport Your Canoe or Kayak

Gear for canoe, paddle or kayak. Full article...

Finding A Fish

Finding A Fish

Techniques for finding where fish hang out in lakes and rivers. Full article...

Finding Your Own Bait

Finding Your Own Bait

Tips for finding worms and minnows for bait. Full article...

Governor Milliken's Environmental Legacy

Governor Milliken's Environmental Legacy

Interview with Dave Dempsey, author of William G. Milliken, Michigan's Passionate Moderate. Full article...

Have Pet, Will Travel

Have Pet, Will Travel

Ways to travel with pets including lodging and recreation. Full article...

How to Identify Poison Ivy

How to Identify Poison Ivy

How to identify poison ivy. Full article...

Indian River

Indian River

Eat, shop, play and stay in Indian River Full article...

I Spy a Surfeit

I Spy a Surfeit

Animal group names we don't know such as a sleuth of bears. Full article...

Kayaking Lake Superior's Shoreline

Kayaking Lake Superior's Shoreline

Kayaking the Lake Superior coastline along the Keweenaw Peninsula, full adventure, challenge and stunning vistas. Full article...

Keweenaw's Castaway Islands

Keweenaw's Castaway Islands

Birding and conservation organizations care for two islands off the coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Full article...

Keweenaw's Curious Current

Keweenaw's Curious Current

Description of how weather and current affect kayaking or paddling Lake Superior off the coast of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Full article...

Paddle Still Waters

Paddle Still Waters

Canoe, paddle or kayak these three inland lakes. Full article...

Panfish Primer

Panfish Primer

The simple pleasure and calm to a hook, a line, a bobber and an inland lake that is shared throughout the generations. Full article...

Plan Carefully to Paddle Lake Superior

Plan Carefully to Paddle Lake Superior

Outfitters, guides, rentals as well as radio weather channels all help to make Lake Superior kayaking or paddling in the Keweenaw a safe experience. Full article...

Q & A with Captain Garth Law

Q & A with Captain Garth Law

Interview with Garth Law, a captain of a ferry that runs between Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island. Full article...

Serene Breaks: Pick Your Pleasure

Serene Breaks: Pick Your Pleasure

A guide to beaches and road trips that allow you to lounge in the sun, take a lighthouse tour, shop or have a late-night campfire. This guide fits the beach to you, in the Upper Peninsula or along the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Full article...

Superb Copper Harbor Day Paddles

Superb Copper Harbor Day Paddles

Copper Harbor, day-trip along the Lake Superior Coast and on an inland lake, kayaking or paddling. Full article...

Take a Drive to Dinner

Take a Drive to Dinner

Road trips and drives to roadhouses and gourmet spots. Full article...

The Secret to Getting Your Fish Off the Hook

The Secret to Getting Your Fish Off the Hook

The secret to getting a fish off the hook. Full article...

The Zebco 202

The Zebco 202

The Zebco 202 is a good fishing rod and reel for both adults and kids going for panfish. Full article...

Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Description of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Full article...

Tom Doak Courses Around the World

Tom Doak Courses Around the World

List of some of award-winning Tom Doak's golf courses throughout the world. Full article...

Trivia: Name that Lake

Trivia: Name that Lake

Trivia questions around the topic Name That Lake. Full article...

Two Basic Single-hook Fishing Rigs

Two Basic Single-hook Fishing Rigs

Instructions for tying a hook, line and sinker , putting on bait and fishing for panfish. Full article...

Upper Peninsula in MSN Top 10

Upper Peninsula in MSN Top 10

In 2006, MSN named Michigan's Upper Peninsula one of the top 10 summer destinations in the world. Full article...

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