Happy Day Sixty-one Comrades                  8:15PM    Saturday I don't know if I should start building an Arc or start gathering animals. The dock at Clinton River Park North and the dock at Rotary Park are installed. Clinton River North Park's parking lot was...

Good Morning Comrades                6:39AM Thursday Congratulations on completing 52 days of social distancing. I have had 7 successful days with not drinking alcohol or looking at facebook. I have not had great success with my attempted avoidance of the news, I have...

Hello Clem Travelers                                                       Attached are pictures of the former boat house and alleged art work in the Clem. Dale      9:11 Tuesday [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="62" gal_title="Journal 2020 01...

The Clinton River has no portage causing issues on the Eagles Landing to Yates Park section.  A fallen tree was adjusted so none of the perhaps 17 paddlers had get out of their boats today.  We had a nice barbecue. Dale              7:27PM Wednesday...

Hello                                                                  Saturday I paddled the Clinton River with a friend up from North Carolina.   He capsized his boat early in our float down.  Since he was already wet I asked him to cut the river wide log blocking...

Attached are pictures taken Saturday of the retrieval of my chain and bar that were left behind two weeks ago.  The bar was pinched before the plunge cut was completed.  The load on the branch was reduced and the bar and chain recovered leaving the river still...

Greetings                                                                            As of Sunday the Eagles Landing to Yates has no portage causing obstructions.  One was found and eliminated.   A mandatory portage causing obstruction still exist between Yates and...

The landscaping for the dock at Rotary Park is close to being done. Dale                7:14AM Thursday  

A low hanging limb was adjusted below Avon Road and the blockage between Yates and Ryan was opened up.  The blockage after Yates took three attempts on three different days to open.  The first attempt left the chain pinched, the second attempt failed when the replaced...

The soon to be 10 foot wide path leading from the Rotary Park parking lot to the handicap dock had construction moving along Wednesday.  Some work was completed before forms or pouring.  The dock it's self may be pulled out today, if that is the case I will miss...

Tuesday Morning a troublesome log was adjusted by employees of Clinton River Canoe and Kayak Rental near Hayes Road.  Saturday I personally cut a gap through a river wide dropping tree upstream from Yates Park.  Later my two helpers reclaimed a pair of previously ...

Some pictures of the Clinton River from the last two week-ends.  The first digital image, Near Ryan, was an attempt at takings a picture of some one hitting a log and capsizing.   The next four images cover a freshly fallen tree between Rochester and Yates Cider...

  Thursday I helped my friend Jerry clear logs and low hanging brush from 14.2 miles of river from Opdyke Road to Yates Park.  A photographer from Terain 360 followed as we opened the river up the best we could.  This photographer was hired by SEMOG, Terrain 360, Ten...

Saturday while attempting to cut a log out of the way I got my bar stuck, Lucky for me I had some helpers helping me.  The last picture was taken Sunday before gliding by the previous portage. 11:13AM Monday Dale [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="6" gal_title="Journal...

Yesterday I participated on a paddled trip put on for County Executive Mark Hackle and Governor Whitmer.  The Governor was a no show so I paddled alone, my job then became to paddle up front with Mark Hackle.  I could not keep up the pace with him and his boys,...

​Heavy machinery is slowly being sold off from Clinton River Canoe and Kayak Rental's yard.  I rode on a golf coarse while observing two downed trees being adjusted at Rambler Golf Coarse.  Saturday I cut a freshly fallen river wide tree so it no longer blocked the...

The first two pictures are a before and  an after of an attempted obstacle removal.  A piece of 1/4 wire untangled in the root ball thwarted my adjustment plan.  But it was easier getting though after we did what we did.   Picture 1675 is the view one saw Sunday when...

I used my good running van to take me to the river Friday, Saturday and Sunday.   Friday, D Ray and his coworkers paddled with me, D Ray fell in six times, his boss 7 times.  Saturday I did not have my memory stick in my camera, but I put on a mask and found my...

I just missed the reporter for this article.  Seems like my friend Jerry got some bad press.  While he attempts to make money he has to answers phone calls from people wanting to know about the river, put-ns, take outs, level, then to tell him "well we have our own...

Pictured are a before and after of an annoying log formation within sight of Yates Cider Mill.  Followed by a before, after and a shot of the stumps of a river wide blockage.  Picture 1489 and 1497 are a before and after of some woody debris management.  Photo 1504 is...

I went down the river today with no chain saw.  Had I remembered to gas it up I would have been able to cut some stinking logs out of the way. Dale      9:50PM Friday

Sunday two friends and I paddled from Ryan Road to Heritage Park.  The water was very low and the clearest it has been this year.  Some lopping was done to make the low water run easier for the unclean masses.  While floating along at a very, very leisurely pace I...

On Friday I paddled a short stretch of the river from Opdyke and Auburn to Auburn and Squirrel, I helped my friend Jerry remove blockages while some Chrysler employees picked up liter.  While at River Side Park at Auburn and Squirrel  I observed a Auburn Hills crew...

I paddle Sunday and got caught in the storm, I cut out two portage causing obstructions.   I got two bars and chains pinched in the last log, I roped them off, so I could come back and recover them the next day or find them if the tree broke on it's own while I was...

Other than assisting an overturned kayaker across the river, yesterday's paddle trip was pretty much boring.  Attached is a link to youtube regarding ticket quotas, it is long winded.  The city gave lie detector test to the cops to find out who"narc ed" them out. More...

Yesterday I got talked into paddling by my paddling friend Cathy,  I was not sure I wanted to go because of the low early in the day temperature.  We met and got on the river, it was pushy and most rapids were washed out because of so much water.  We would have made...

Some pictures taken Thursday along the Clinton River in Dodge.   Several trees blocking the river were cut and some of the brush was placed next to the trail for Parks and Rec to pick up.  Some brush was stacked above the bank on the opposite side of the river.  It...

I will be available to discus various issues today, please advise. Thank you Dale   7:28AM Monday

John Paul and I rode his sleds from the launch north of Selfridge Field north till we hit open water then went up Salt River a little past 23 mile Road. Dale

Attached are some pictures from Saturday on the Clinton River, pictures taken at Caberfae Peaks Sunday and Monday and Mt. Holly Tuesday. Dale

HAPPY NEW YEAR !