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• Pull-In for 2010 was accomplished on Labor Day.  We figure the average age of the crew (right at a dozen) was about 65.  Time to recruit some younger members!

First task:  clear the beach of Butterflies.  Who leaves their Butterflies on the beach this late?!!

Next, the motorboat dock...

Then, some beer and lunch, thanks to the efforts of Kathy Zalar and Suzy Voltz...

Just in time, too, as the next front rolled in from the south...

• Katrina Saunders sends these pictures of the club at dawn...

• Video of Point Betsie

• Ginny Brown sends this picture of an October afternoon...

• Toby Tull sends this picture of the winter version of "water skiing" on Crystal Lake...

• Tom Meyer sent these pictures of a 6-7' sturgeon in Crystal Lake...

• John Patterson sent these pictures of ice-coated hoists in Crystal Lake.  Brrrrrrrr!

• A sea serpent was spotted in Crystal Lake this winter!  Pictures from Jay Burt below...

• Bud Brown & Toby Tull sent these pictures of iceboats on Crystal in mid-February.  Top speed that day was 49 MPH!

• Bill Ayers took these pictures of a rainbow with both ends in Crystal Lake:

• Steve Christian took this picture of sunset over the west shore, Jan 16:

• Toby Tull submitted the following very cool photos:

     Sunset over the west shore -- Taken by Toby from his front porch.

Ice crystals at sunset -- unusual sunset is a result of ice crystals surrounding sunset glow over Lake Michigan, as taken by Jay Burt from the CSA beach in Winter of 2005.

Green flash - Fall 2005 -- once in a lifetime sighting of "green blip" at sunset, as taken by Kim-Nora Moses in early Fall 2005 from Point Betsie beach.

Aurora Borealis - Fall 2005 -- view of the Aurora Borealis from CSA beach looking North West in the early Fall of 2005, as taken by Kim-Nora Moses, long time CSA Member.

 Fog picture - Picture taken by Walker Alan Wynkoop near  Beulah on October 9, 2005

CLYC Clubhouse - Picture taken by Walker Alan Wynkoop Thanksgiving weekend 2005

Sunset - Picture taken by Walker Alan Wynkoop Thanksgiving weekend 2005

   Point Betsy - Picture taken by Walker Alan Wynkoop Thanksgiving weekend 2005

• Ginny Brown provided these pictures of Crystal in November...

Interesting Stuff

• Robin Williams on Golf:  For you golfers, this is the classic description of your frustrating game.  (Not suitable for the ears of young children!)

• Here's a picture of your club in February...

• Toby Tull supplied this gorgeous photo of the rising sun across Crystal with ice shards sparkling like diamonds...

• When you see this poor soul sitting on the dock watching the kids, be merciful and pick her up!

• Here is a picture that captures the spirit of Crystal Lake...

• Crystal Lake, Life or Death:  Required reading for all lovers of Crystal Lake, presented by the Crystal Lake Watershed

• Point Betsie:  How many of you have spent virtually every summer of your life here and never been to the top of the Point Betsie light house?

• Fall Colors:  Who needs television?....

• Moving to Crystal full time:  There is a small but steady stream of CLYC members who are settling full time at Crystal Lake.  Here are the latest:

  • Grant & Ginny Brown:  From Chicago to the West Shore, 1997.

  • Tom & Ellene Meyer:  From Tennessee to the North Shore, fall 2002.

  • Steve & Hallie Christian:  From Indiana to the North Shore, 2002.

  • Toby & Christy Tull:  From Pennsylvania to the North Shore, winter 2003.

  • Bill & Lynn Petti:  From Troy MI to Old State Road, 2003.

  • Lou & Debby Cenname:  From Seattle to Michabou Shores in 2005.

  • Tom & Mary Osborn: From Maryland to the North Shore, Summer 2006.

  • Jim and Jenny Bovard: From Fredericksburg, Virginia to Wildwood (CSA area) in 2005.

  • Durette Upton: From Round Hill, Virginia to West Shore in 2007.

  • John and Kathy McGill: From Champaign, Illinois to West Shore in 2007.

  • Kathy Zalar: From Champaign, Illinois to West Shore bluff in 2008.

  • Ted and Arline Greene: From Rancho Santa Fe, California to NorthWest Shore in 2008.

  • Roger and Heather Perry: From Burlington, Vermont to the Highlands (NorthEast shore) in 2008.

  • Rick and Liz Morris:  From East Grand Rapids, Michigan to the West Shore in 2011.

• The World at Night from Our Space Station:  An awesome picture of the earth that clearly shows where human prosperity is located...

• Wakeboarding behind an E-Scow:  Pictures of two teenagers being towed behind a sailboat.

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