Category Archives: Boating, Diving & Beaches

Photo Friday: Heaven by SashaW

June 26, 2009 – 7:59 am

SashaW (Sasha Wolff) says she's an ordinary girl who loves being behind and in front of the camera. She has a cool blog with thoughts about social media called Social Sasha.
Be sure and check this out bigger. Her sets include Project 365, Summer & Fall 2008, and Explore (slideshow)
Here's Sasha's Flickriver.
You might also want [...]

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2009 Rothbury Ticket Giveaway Is Over!

June 23, 2009 – 5:02 pm

After tallying the votes from an enormous number of submissions we have identified our winner. Drum roll please......
"I moved from Michigan to Florida this January for work. People said "Florida in the winter....wow, you're lucky" and "you got a job in this economy, man, you're lucky". Well let me tell you something my [...]

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Pandora's Locks: How Invasive Species got into the Great Lakes

May 26, 2009 – 10:37 am

Shell Cluster by johndecember
2009 is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway and while linking ports on Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario to the world's shipping hubs increased trade in the Great Lakes region, it also opened the door to zebra mussels and a host of invasive species.
Journalist Jeff Alexander [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend Michigan Style 2009

May 21, 2009 – 6:12 pm

Happy Memorial Day by lorainedicerbo
Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice
Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season in Michigan and the weather forecasts around the state look to be favorable. Businesses in sleepy towns are waking up, and community plans for festivals and ongoing summer fun are taking shape after weathering it through [...]

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Cruising the Great Lakes Past, Present and Future

May 19, 2009 – 6:16 pm

A Brief History of Cruising the Great Lakes
Although pleasure boating and shipping have held steady over the years another form of once popular vacation travel is making a regal comeback - seeing the Great Lakes by passenger ship. According to the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition it was 1865 when it first became established upon the [...]

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Superior Water Festival ~ April 3-5, 2009

March 30, 2009 – 9:15 am

Waves Of Fire by siskokid
Students For Sustainable Living, Students Against Sulfide Mining and other Northern Michigan University student organizations invite you to attend the Superior Water Festival in Marquette this weekend (April 3-5, 2009).
The latest in the ongoing Water Festival takes place on the campus of Northern Michigan University in beautiful Marquette on the shore [...]

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When Ice Attacks: Saginaw Bay homes damaged

March 12, 2009 – 8:10 am

Embedded video from CNN Video
Weird Wednesday already? Nope. Huge piles of ice were pushed by NE winds into homes along Linwood Beach (just north of Bay City), forcing evacuations and causing damage. Linwood Beach residents return to find ice piled around, inside and atop their homes from the Bay City Times begins:
"I was making a [...]

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Michigan Video: Icy Waves on Lake Superior

March 11, 2009 – 7:53 am

As winter winds down and some serious winds rage outdoors, let's head back to March of 2007 for this video of waves and ice on Michigan's Superior shore. You probably don't want to get this close to winter waves!

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Absolute Michigan's Wide World of Sports: 2009 DN Gold Cup on Torch Lake

February 8, 2009 – 11:26 am

Just found out that the 2009 DN Gold Cup iceboat races are being held on Torch Lake today! If you go to that link during the racing, you'll be able to watch them on the webcam I'm told!
The photo above of yesterday's opening ceremonies on Torch Lake is part of Gretchen Dorian's great DN World [...]

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Grand Rapids Boat Show Ticket Giveaway

February 5, 2009 – 2:27 pm

In cooperation with ShowSpan, Absolute Michigan is giving away 10 pair of tickets to the Grand Rapids Boat Show on February 18-22, 2009. We will randomly select the winners no later than Friday, February 13th and notify them via email. Check out all of the Features & Attractions that await you!
***The contest is now [...]

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