The Ticker today covered the hidden parkland in Garfield Township. See: Garfield's Secret Green
Intrigued, I visited the Garfield Township Parks & Rec web site and found they have a Google Map of their parks:
View Garfield Township Parks in a larger map
and they have a PDF you can download of all parkland "including Grand Traverse County Parks, City of Traverse City Parks, and Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Parks."
Very nice!
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Showing posts with label park. Show all posts
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Colorado River's Big Sur
Is a standing wave that only occurs when the flow rate gets above 20,000 cfs.
It has been at about 30,000 cfs recently.
DenverPost reports: Once-in-a-generation wave continues in Debeque Canyon
[via AdventureJournal]
The article mentions a person who has made the 4-hour round-trip from Vail four times this month.
Message boards indicate people from Utah and Montana are making the trip to experience this wave. Even a person in Connecticut is going west to surf in the Colorado River.
This kind of dedication is why a whitewater park in downtown Traverse City seems like a great idea.
It has been at about 30,000 cfs recently.
DenverPost reports: Once-in-a-generation wave continues in Debeque Canyon
With waves surging to nearly head high, strong surfers can ride the never-ending wave nonstop for more than an hour on uncrowded days.
[via AdventureJournal]
The article mentions a person who has made the 4-hour round-trip from Vail four times this month.
Message boards indicate people from Utah and Montana are making the trip to experience this wave. Even a person in Connecticut is going west to surf in the Colorado River.
This kind of dedication is why a whitewater park in downtown Traverse City seems like a great idea.
Monday, June 27, 2011
A Great Lakes Experience
Is Unsalted - A documentary on surfing the Great Lakes.
There are people who don't mind driving eight hours for maybe three hours of potential surfing.
Via Adventure Journal: More Core than Core: Surfing the Great Lakes
But a whitewater park provides steady conditions year-round and can be designed to accommodate surfers.
A whitewater park would give Traverse City another destination experience.
There are people who don't mind driving eight hours for maybe three hours of potential surfing.
Via Adventure Journal: More Core than Core: Surfing the Great Lakes
But a whitewater park provides steady conditions year-round and can be designed to accommodate surfers.
A whitewater park would give Traverse City another destination experience.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Few, The Proud, The Cold Weather Surfers
People who surf the Great Lakes in the winter are different. They are fanatical. They are obsessive. Or as the Lake County News Chronicle from Two Harbors says "the fanatics from the Superior Surf Club who will drop everything to catch good waves". (See: Catching a cold wave)
And this is the value in establishing a whitewater/surf park downtown on the Boardman River. It would create a year-round downtown destination for people from all over the midwest who were in search of getting their wave fix.
This is why I support the Traverse City Whitewater Park.
And this is the value in establishing a whitewater/surf park downtown on the Boardman River. It would create a year-round downtown destination for people from all over the midwest who were in search of getting their wave fix.
This is why I support the Traverse City Whitewater Park.
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