http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_360093138.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_360093138.html The 108th Audubon Christmas bird count was recently completed by local chapter members for Grand Traverse County, and it yielded a new high in the number of species identified according to chapter president Ed Moehle. "We counted 74 species this year and that was compared to 65 last year, which was the previous high," said the longtime birder. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_353095109.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_353095109.html A couple of new recently released books might make good reading for that outdoor enthusiast on your Christmas list; young or old. Both are currently available in local book stores: "An Uncrowded Place" by Bob Butz and "Adventures with Jonny: Ice Fishing," a children's book by Michael DiLorenzo. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:00:52 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_346095119.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_346095119.html My first ski run of the new season is in a bi-ski, complete with outriggers strapped to my arms. It's the kind of bi-ski you see adaptive skiers occasionally using on area slopes, and I'm taking a run as a participant in a Northern Michigan Adaptive Skiing Program training session for instructors and volunteer helpers that was being held at Schuss Mountain. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_339094645.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_339094645.html I'm pretty sure it was Thoreau who once said, "The mere existence of wilderness refreshes us." Take a trip to Black Mountain Forest Recreation Area 0, located southeast of Cheboygan, and you will instantly understand what he meant. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_332093212.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_332093212.html The Great Lakes snowsports season is off to one of its earliest starts ever. Ski areas opened in both Minnesota and Wisconsin the last of October, and Ski Brule -- located along the Wisconsin border near the Upper Peninsula's Iron River -- opened for the season on Nov. 11. It was the first area to open in Michigan. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_325095244.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_325095244.html As bleak as northeastern Arizona is, except for its canyons, the central portion of the state, around Sedona, is called Red Rock Country, and it's beautiful. Surrounded by red-rock monoliths that can be seen from anywhere in the community, this area has long been rated as one of the country's most beautiful locations. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_318094830.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_318094830.html It's my first trip to Arizona, and, beyond the Painted Desert, much of the northeast corner of the state is pretty barren and not overly scenic. Wide empty valleys are interspersed with rocky scrub-covered mesas. Like the ancient Anasazi that inhabited this land over a millennium ago, you have to look in the canyons. One of those canyons is Canyon de Chelly (pronounced "shay"), an 83,000-acre National Monument, which is located in the northeast corner of the Grand Canyon State; a state full of canyons. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_304095058.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_304095058.html Former U.S. Ski Team member and Olympian Cary Adgate, a Boyne Falls native who grew up making his first ski turns on nearby Boyne Mountain, will be inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame next April. The class of 2008 was just announced. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:52 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_297095618.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_297095618.html It's been four years in the works, but the proposed Antrim County Glacial Hills Natural Area is set to become a reality. It brings together a couple of public land parcels tied together with the acquisition of an old family farm to create a contiguous 763-acre parcel that will be called Glacial Hills Natural Area. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_290094234.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_290094234.html What a great fall weekend. That run of warm, sunny weather Friday through Sunday was one of the nicest fall weekends I can recall in recent years. I hope you didn't miss getting outside to enjoy it. If you did, well, we'll probably see temperatures like that again sometime next April. I spent the three days wandering around the hill and dale country of Antrim County. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_283095556.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_283095556.html Fall is definitely in the air. The chilly mornings and cool days are a constant reminder, but I think the one thing I notice most is the shorter days. All of a sudden you can't ride or hike much beyond 7 p.m., and even that time is starting to shrink. That's about the time I like starting a ride, a hike or paddle during summer's longer days. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:54 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_276094914.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_276094914.html You could call him Pathfinder, and like the legendary figure of colonial times he spends much of his time on the trail. Arlen Matson, local retired grade school teacher, has been involved in much -- if not all -- of the labor building 90 miles of the North Country Trail that bisects the Grand Traverse region. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_269093744.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_269093744.html About this time each year I get an itch to get up to Pigeon River Country State Forest and see the beginning of the fall color season. And, if I'm lucky, spot some elk in the process. Making the annual pilgrimage last week I did see some fall color, but no elk, just evidence they had been there. Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_262094618.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_262094618.html It's been a while -- 20 years -- since competitive cycling last graced the streets of Traverse City, but that's about to change when the inaugural Cherry Roubaix Bike Race takes to city streets Saturday. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_255094734.html http://www.record-eagle.com/miketerrell/local_story_255094734.html October has long been known for the beautiful fall colors it brings to the Grand Traverse region, but for the last decade it's also become known as the month when you can "Fish with the Pros." The attraction for a small number of eager bass fishermen has been the chance to spend a weekend throwing lines with some of the nation's top professional bassmasters.