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Traverse Area Paddle Club

Remember: all TAPC outings are listed on our event calendar and are color coded using this scheme:

 

Small Inland Lakes   

Great Lakes   

Easy Rivers 

Intermediate Rivers  

Difficult Rivers 
Clean-up Trips 

Out-of-town Trips 

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Trip Reports

September 2 Upper Platte Cleanup

Published on 9/2/2014
Five hours, eight large bags of trash, lovely respite for lunch on the front lawn of a
supportive cottage owner Lois had encountered a few days earlier. (written by Jocelyn)
 
Glenn helping Mary Lee launch
 
Lois brings up something yucky (Heiam)
 
Glenn doing another out-of-boat retrieval
  
Tracie with trash bags donated by Acme Tom's 
  
Teamwork, Lois and Tracie (Heiam)
 
Jocelyn out on a log jam (Heiam)
  
John, Mary Lee, Marlene, Jocelyn, Tracie, Kathy, Glenn, Mike, Barb, Lois 1/2 way point 
(Heiam)
  
Biggest shoe contest (Heiam)               Lunch stop at home of local cleanup supporter 
  
Tracie through a tube
   
High bush cranberries  - Turtle head  -  Jack in the pulpit seeds  -  Closed gentian (Glenn) 
 
Great blue heron (Heiam)                               Sandpiper               Mallards below
  
Deadstream takeout  ...   and back at Veterans Park with the second load of trash