Author Archives: Joe Neely

New Camera Portends Fun on the Grand

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes . . .  I bought a GoPro Session Hero 5 and attached it to the front of the canoe on a recent paddle near Eaton Rapids. While I am only beginning to scratch the surface on how the … Continue reading →

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Bunker Road to Riverbend Natural Area

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Joe Neely

Tom Writes (Joe adds photos and editorial notes) . . .  Monday, July 3, 2017 (Started north of Eaton Rapids, pulled out south of Lansing) The theme for today’s paddle was Human Beings. We saw dozens of people paddling canoes … Continue reading →

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Things That Fly Over the Grand

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Joe Neely

Tom writes . . .  Middle Grand River – Eaton Rapids to Bunker Road – June 12, 2017 Things that fly over the Grand River – Not necessarily Joe and I… This seems to be the beginning of Dragonfly Season. … Continue reading →

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Heading Out Again in the Morning

Posted on May 21, 2017 by Joe Neely

We are FINALLY getting out on the river tomorrow, God willing and the creek don’t rise. Literally. It’s been raining hard for the past hour and rain is predicted for tomorrow, so there’s always the possibility tomorrow’s paddle will be … Continue reading →

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Kicking Off 2017 at the Source of the Grand River

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: April 15 was unusually warm with fierce winds; steady winds were probably 25 miles-per-hour with gusts up to 35 or 40 miles-per-hour. The result was that our canoeing across the open waters of Grand Lake were curtailed for … Continue reading →

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Paddling Season is Upon Us

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: God willing and the creek don’t rise we’ll get out on the river in Jackson County this Sunday, April 9, kicking off our paddling season for 2017. It will be Palm Sunday, and while I hate to miss … Continue reading →

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Glass Half-Full On The Grand

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: It’s difficult to be optimistic about the future of the Grand during these last few weeks of winter, but I’m trying. First comes the story of 2 million gallons of sewage being dumped into the river just a … Continue reading →

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Sturgeon in the Grand?

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Joe Neely

Joe Writes: I saw an article about the sturgeon harvest on Black Lake and wondered whether there was a population of sturgeon in the Grand. It turns our there is, indeed, such a population in the river. An M-Live story … Continue reading →

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Camping Along the Grand?

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Joe Neely

There doesn’t seem to be any camping along the Grand, at least during the first 75% (or more) of the river which is upstream from Grand Rapids.  I was thinking it would be fun to paddle in somewhere, invite a … Continue reading →

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Ice Disk on Michigan River

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Joe Neely

This is fun . . . on the Pine River, not the Grand.

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