Rolling into spring

March 11, 2010

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Yesterday morning we all had spring fever.  Down to the beach!  There is nothing so exhilarating to the northern soul as trotting out into the day without coat, hat, gloves, boots . . . . ah, freedom.  OK, it would have been better to wear boots.  Anyway, we were all off leash for an hour or […]

Posted in: Adventures outdoors

Ice fishing?

March 10, 2010

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On Tuesday the ice went off Torch Lake.  Chris Szejbach was down at the Day Park and wrote, The ice breaking up was so cool!  Looks like glass and the noise was like breaking glass. She went to get her camera and called Babs Young, who trotted right over with her camera.  The two of […]

Posted in: Letters from Chris

Cleaning up gasoline contamination in Torch Lake Village, Part III

March 10, 2010

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I see that I omitted to post a copy of the February 18, 2010 Elk Rapids News story here on Torch Lake Views. Since a number of people are reading the first two parts here, I thought I’d better catch up. Parts I and II in the series described how gasoline got into the drinking […]

The Weatherman has a Little Adventure

March 9, 2010

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This just in from Bruce Laidlaw, a/k/a The Weatherman.  I swear, some people will do anything to show off their iPhones.  I am writing from my very nice room in Munson Hospital. My residence for the last week. The adventure started on the ski trails in Barnes Park. We had skied about 4 miles on […]

The return of Babs

March 8, 2010

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Technical Difficulties Resolved.  I am in receipt of the weekly email from Babs.  She writes:  This pretty much sums up our weather of the last week. Temps in the low 40’s, very blue skies and the snow beginning to melt. Perfect!! And perfect it is. We emerge from our winter drowse, though not without stresses […]

Posted in: Babs Young photos

What, our Babs, AWOL?

March 8, 2010

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No, Babs has not deserted Torch Lake Views for greener pastures.  It seems that there is a Technical Problem at my ISP.  In any case, the Sunday picture did not arrive in my email box, nor in other email boxes in the township, and I did not learn about the Technical Problem until I got […]