Comments on: National Park Proposes Tunnel to the Lake Michigan Overlook http://www.leelanau.com/blog/national-park-proposes-tunnel-to-the-lake-michigan-overlook/ News, Weather, Events & Photos from Leelanau County & Northern Michigan Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Leugers http://www.leelanau.com/blog/national-park-proposes-tunnel-to-the-lake-michigan-overlook/comment-page-1/#comment-41209 John Leugers Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:53:17 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/?p=3086#comment-41209 I say throw caution to the wind and take a trip down the steep hill to Lake Michigan. Sure, some panzies will have to struggle to get back up and occasionally a Ranger needs to be called. As much as you pay to get in, I'm sure it will cover the expenses. I must say that it is one of my favorite things to do each year. Laying on your couch or just driving back and not hiking around is also bad for your health. It's called living a sedentary lifestlye. Stop your whining! It's just sand! I say throw caution to the wind and take a trip down the steep hill to Lake Michigan. Sure, some panzies will have to struggle to get back up and occasionally a Ranger needs to be called. As much as you pay to get in, I'm sure it will cover the expenses. I must say that it is one of my favorite things to do each year. Laying on your couch or just driving back and not hiking around is also bad for your health. It's called living a sedentary lifestlye. Stop your whining! It's just sand!

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]]> By: Bill http://www.leelanau.com/blog/national-park-proposes-tunnel-to-the-lake-michigan-overlook/comment-page-1/#comment-40966 Bill Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:21:34 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/?p=3086#comment-40966 A tunnel through the Dunes? Then what we hear about the Parks not having enough money must be false.... or just another example of Government not knowing how to spend what it has wisely. A tunnel through the Dunes? Then what we hear about the Parks not having enough money must be false.... or just another example of Government not knowing how to spend what it has wisely.

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]]> By: Andrew McFarlane http://www.leelanau.com/blog/national-park-proposes-tunnel-to-the-lake-michigan-overlook/comment-page-1/#comment-40596 Andrew McFarlane Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:35:01 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/?p=3086#comment-40596 The Park to say about the situation with the overlook: <blockquote>Every year at the Lake Michigan Overlook #9 on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, visitors are lured off the boardwalk. Despite posted warnings, people descend the 450 foot high rock and sand bluff. the sight of others doing so may give the impression that this is a safe activity. It is not safe. rangers routinely respond to visitors who have become injured, dangerously exhausted, overheated, or who have become separated and lost as they seek alternate routes back to the top. Please do not climb at this location. the Dune climb is recommended as a safer location for climbing. When we climb the steep bluffs, we destroy the fragile vegetation holding the dunes together. these unnatural human paths funnel the wind and focus erosion on specific places instead of across the entire dunes. Within a few generations, this erosion threatens to destroy the colors of the dunes we love to experience.</blockquote> So stay on the path... The Park to say about the situation with the overlook:

Every year at the Lake Michigan Overlook #9 on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive, visitors are lured off the boardwalk. Despite posted warnings, people descend the 450 foot high rock and sand bluff. the sight of others doing so may give the impression that this is a safe activity. It is not safe. rangers routinely respond to visitors who have become injured, dangerously exhausted, overheated, or who have become separated and lost as they seek alternate routes back to the top. Please do not climb at this location. the Dune climb is recommended as a safer location for climbing.

When we climb the steep bluffs, we destroy the fragile vegetation holding the dunes together. these unnatural human paths funnel the wind and focus erosion on specific places instead of across the entire dunes. Within a few generations, this erosion threatens to destroy the colors of the dunes we love to experience.

So stay on the path...

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