(Keith is still a bit under the weather so Jim is filling in again today) An action shot by Erhardt Peters of the legendary George Cook on the Why Not. This rare one has Erhardt’s notes on it. The two above are the Irene and the Sambo. Below, the Janice Sue and the Joy. Today is a day for looking… Read more »
(Report by Jim) Still unseasonably cold…but better! We put the boat in for the first time in a couple years and though the photo is pretty blah, I was in a boat on Lake Leelanau, so it wasn’t all that bad. Not until it started raining, of course! But I was safe with my Coast Guard approved signal orange life… Read more »
(Report by Jim) Unseasonably cold! 49 degrees at sunrise and no more than 55 all day. But, it was sunny and busy with Leelanau County Vets filling up the charters and having a fish fry at the dock. The Coast Guard was doing some maintenance on the green navigation light and the Survey Vessel Steelhead here doing fish population assessments…. Read more »
It’s a “whitecaps that sparkle” kind of morning, about 54 degrees at the harbor dock with a sturdy onshore breeze…. the kind of day you pause and take a deep breath and rejoice in doing so. Commercial fishing pictures are from yesterday – a gray, drizzly day, with surprisingly strong currents in the Manitou Passage. It is amazing how quickly… Read more »
A cool sunny day in the Land of Paradise.
Rain and temperatures in the upper 50’s greeted the folks staying at Falling Waters this morning and that’s a lot. The parking lot was full up. The rain isn’t going to bother the charter above.
South Beach, like last year, received the sand from the dredging. Let the season begin.
A cool 55 degrees that is. Leland Podcasters Jim Carpenter and Becky Reynolds Produce New True Crime Series Their new series is called The Wonderland Murders. It takes place in 1981 four people were brutally murdered in their home in the Hollywood Hills. The Wonderland Murders is the tale of a violent home invasion robbery and the revenge rampage that followed…. Read more »
A warm and perfect Spring day and a busy one also.
A foggy start-up turned out to be a beautiful day.