Category Archives: Lake Michigan

Vol XV #241 – Where Did All the Snow Go?

Our day began in the early morning darkness.  Joe and Nels were busy with getting the final turkeys ready for delivery tomorrow.  Leland’s one and a half inches of snow disappeared overnight.    Click here to enter the 2016 Snow Gauge contest! Win a custom Leif Spork tile!  

Vol XV #218 – Keith’s Sunday

A blustery, cloudy beginning.  Not many people in town and Fishtown was empty.  Only stores open were Carlson’s Fish Shanty and Larry at the Shoe Store.  We are back on Standard Time and I hope there is a movement to get rid of DST sometime in the future.   

Vol XV #213 – Cool, Quiet and Calm

A very nice morning, quiet and calm at Van’s Beach.  Surveyors determining the lake level, taking advantage of the flatness.  Beautiful Fall color muted a bit by the light overcast.  Fishtown is closing down with the exception of Reflections, Leif’s Tile Shop and Carlson’s Fish Shanty.     

Vol XV #208 – A Beautiful Day in the Land of Delight

A beautiful beginning to a colorful day.  The color is at peak along the shoreline but not as brilliant as in past years.  This weekend should be good for touring but for the rain predicted for Saturday.

Vol XV #206 – Not as Nice as Yesterday

Not as nice as yesterday, but not the worst.  Another one of those “little bit of everything” days with some raindrops in the AM, sunshine at noon and overcast to mostly cloudy later.  Leelanau County is reaching peak color this weekend with temperatures in the mid fifties, sunshine Thursday thru Saturday. Possible showers Saturday PM.  

Vol XV #205 – Meggen’s Monday

A perfect fall day, complete with wind blowing leaves every which way, and not too cold. It started out with a pre-dawn line-up of Venus, Jupiter, and Mars. At sunset last night, the freighter Great Lakes Trader and tug Joyce L. VanEnkevort moved slowly through the Manitou Passage. Same place, 24 hours earlier – windy, wavy, and chilly, with a hundred… Read more »