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Ice Cliffs on Lake Michigan near South Haven January 2010

Ice Cliffs on Lake Michigan near South Haven January 2010, originally uploaded by Go Kayak Now.


I had an excellent paddle along the cliffs on Saturday afternoon. I tried to explore all the areas where the cliffs were highest and were the brash ice was loose. Paddling amongst the flows and pancake ice is a serene [...]

Lake Michigan Sea Kayaking in the Ice-More Pics


Reverend Van Doren and I managed another Lake Michigan sea kayak day trip from Saugatuck in the rapidly diminishing ice. We paddled about 11 miles on Saturday in bright sunshine.


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Sea Kayaking the Ice on Lake Michigan

Rarely do I get to sea kayak twice in one year along dramatic ice cliffs. This winter was especially harsh. We had serious snowfall throughout January and February. My sea kayak trip along the ice in January yielded some very intense photographs of the ice cliffs rimed with frost. Doug and I got to see [...]

Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan South Haven

Flotnar 4th Annual Ice paddle on Lake Michigan in South Haven

Jim Viviano and I decided to try for an Icepaddle two weeks ago. The ice cliffs on the Lake Michigan piled quite high this year. The ice cliffs on the Great Lakes form as the warmer water begins to erode the edges of the ice [...]

Icepaddle 2007, minus the egg mcmuffin

2007 brought in an usual amount of snowfall and cold towards the end of January. This caused a serious amount of ice to build up along Lake Michigan. When the ice builds up towards a mile or so off shore, when it melts the waves from wind across the lake pile it up on shore [...]

Flotnar 3rd Annual Ice Paddle-1st annual Egg Mcmuffin

This I have to write down,


We stopped at McDonalds on the way to South Haven to paddle this morning. I hadn’t been in a Mcdonalds since some time last year. Apparently it is possible to pay for fast food with a credit card now. I was stunned as this was not possible [...]