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Just ‘Cause They Say You May Surf, Doesn’t Mean the Water’s Clean

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:53:42 +0000

Guess what Great Lakes surfers, Obama’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative would go a long way toward cleaning up the water that you surf in.

That is right, with $146 million going toward cleaning up the nasty chemicals and toxins…

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Hang Ten for Lake Michigan

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:14:37 +0000

Surf’s up Dude, well, it could be very soon at five Lake Michigan beaches in the Chicago Area thanks to HOW’s very own surf enthusiast Vince Deur. Deur has been lobbying the city for some time to decriminalize lake surfing.…

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Hang Ten, Dude

Tiffany Danitz Pache — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:37:03 +0000

Surfers are fighting for the right to do their thing on Lake Michigan. Chicago does not allow surfing at the Chicago Park District because of concerns that it is too dangerous. But a group of surfers called the Surfrider…

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Pups Vacation

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:09:31 +0000

This story (and accompanying photo) come to us from Amy, who is from Haslett, MI. Here is her story:

We came up the term “pups vacation” during spring break in the year 2000. See, camping and canoeing on the…

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A Child’s Camping Story

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:38:01 +0000

Dennis and Nikki Darling sent in this story from their four year old daughter.

I went camping at East Harbor Park , Lake Erie. It was a lot of fun. I went swimming, fishing and hiking. My cousins went with…

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Our Night In The Woods

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:06:59 +0000

This story and accompanying photo come to us from Maddie of Waterville, Ohio. Her story is called “Our Night In The Woods.”

Here is Maddie’s story:

In less than two seconds I had thoroughly drenched myself with water. Still…

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Camping At Lake Erie

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:28:13 +0000

This short story comes to us from Sophia, who is entering the children’s category at the young age of four. Sophia resides in Warsaw, Ohio.

Here is her story:

I went camping at East Harbor Park, Lake Erie. It was a…

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Fisherman’s Island

Jordan Lubetkin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:44:56 +0000

This story comes to us from Julieanna Frost of Manchester, Michigan. According to Julieanna, her story focuses upon one woman’s introduction to camping in the great outdoors.

Newlywed Sara was not particularly enthusiastic as she loaded her bags into the…

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A Trip To Lake Michigan

Jordan Lubetkin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:37:40 +0000

This story, called “A Trip To Lake Michigan,” comes to us from Nikki of Redford, MI. She is entering in the children’s category with her fiction-style story about a camping/beach trip.

Here is her story:

The car trip was never-ending.…

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CAMPING NEAR THE SHORES OF GITCHE GUMEE

Jordan Lubetkin — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:47:04 +0000

This story comes to us from Lisa from Bear Creek, Wisconsin. She accounts an actual camping trip to the Upper Peninsula this summer. Unfortunately, it did not go quite the way they expected it to.

CAMPING NEAR THE SHORES OF…

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Camping, Camping, Camping

Jordan Lubetkin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:54:28 +0000

This story comes to us from Ian of Western Springs, IL. Ian is entering in the children’s category with his illustrated story entitled “Camping, Camping, Camping.”

Thanks, Ian, for your story! Sounds like you had a great trip.

Get…

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Rowboats at Tahquamenon Falls

Jordan Lubetkin — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:58:13 +0000

This story comes to us from Roger “RJ”, of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

When our two children were ages 5 and 10 we took a trip to the lower part of the upper-peninsula and made our base camp at St. Ignace…

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Heavenlee Acres

Jordan Lubetkin — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:18:49 +0000

This story was sent to us by Kathleen. She lives in Bayonne, New Jersey. Here is her story:

Living in such close proximity to Manhattan, I have always fancied myself a city slicker. The summer I turned thirteen was the…

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THE WORST CAMPING TRIP EVER!

Jordan Lubetkin — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:48:56 +0000

This story comes to us from Rhian, who is entering the story contest in the children’s category. Rhian, 9 lives in Muskegon, Michigan. She writes:

THE WORST CAMPING TRIP EVER!

My dad has always worried about my safety. When I…

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Peninsula State Park Camping Trip

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:44:12 +0000

This story comes to us from Patti in Clarendon Hills, Ill.

Door County, Wisconsin is a beautiful place to visit with incredible weather during the month of August. Typically, we are a family who would stay in a local resort,…

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Bear on The Pictured Rocks National Lake shore in the U.P. of Michigan

Jordan Lubetkin — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:10:50 +0000

This story comes to us from Robert in Muskegon, Mich. The title says it all, though Robert has also enclosed some pictures of the event described below.

Last fall, my wife and I visited the Pictured Rocks National Lake shore…

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Experience of My Life

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:54:42 +0000

This story comes to us from Kathy in Lowell, Mich. It is entered in our camping category, adult division. Kathy relates a story that, as she put it, was “the experience of my life.” I think you’ll see why! She…

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Taking a swim can be hazardous to your health

dgolowenski — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:23:03 +0000

To swim or not to swim, that is a question? Sadly, bathers throughout the Great Lakes all too frequently have to ask themselves whether their favorite beach poses a health hazard.

In 2006, for example, 181 notifications for contamination…

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Camping at the Beach

Jordan Lubetkin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:31:41 +0000

This story comes to us from Bonnie in Rockford, Michigan. Bonnie is 6 and is entering in the camping category. In submitting her story, she writes: “This story is about a girl who loves camping by the beach.” Well said.…

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A $5 Trip to Au Sable River

Jordan Lubetkin — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:18:48 +0000

This entry in our story contest’s camping category comes by way of Randy in Columbus, Ohio. It’s a humorous look of a camping trip that experiences some surprises along the way.

You can enter the contest too.

Many among my friends and…

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Struggle for a Healthy Great Lakes

dgolowenski — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:23:39 +0000

The Great Lakes have been around for 12,000 years or so, a hiccup in geological time. Still magnificent but far from pristine, the lakes have been altered dramatically in the last 150 years by settlers who scythed the forests, gouged…

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Birds Might Get a Break

dgolowenski — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:26:42 +0000

Neither wind, nor rain, nor tall buildings, nor radio towers keep bird species from their appointed rounds with migratory destiny. Untold numbers of birds, however, pay a significant toll — their lives — while moving north and south along their…

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