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Blondy
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:15 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any good places to go tubing in Northern Michigan?
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Kenp
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:20 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Au sable is a good one.
I was just at sleeping bear area and there is the Platte river which is nice.
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Bigjeff
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:21 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rifle river, Au Sable river, Pinnebog river, Pine River. Those are all in the Northern Lower Peninsula.
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Rsa
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:22 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

platte river by frankfort is pretty nice. the "long" version takes almost all day, but there is a shorter version is only a few hours. it empties out into lake michigan.

crystal river in glen arbor is pretty nice too. altho i think the water level is kinda low this year, so i'm not sure how nice it'll be.

my dad used to do the rifle river, but it's gotten pretty rowdy in the past. it might've improved in the past few years, but i haven't heard.
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Miss_cleo
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 10:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Holy Moly, how can you ask such a question? Rivers abound in this State.

Try the Manistee or the Au Sable, Pere Marquette, the Jordan River, the Pine......the Rifle is strickly for the rowdy people

http://www.michiganpaddlesport s.com/
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Jazzstage
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 11:20 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I was just on the rifle beginning in the Rifle River State park. The river doesn't have much of a current at that point and the levels make it impossible in at least 1/4th of it. Once you leave the park property it picks up though.
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Mikie
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 11:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm heading to the Rifle River this evening to go tubing tomorrow, we always had a good time there!
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Ray1936
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 11:42 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Probably a good idea to avoid the Rouge, although it's been done..... :-)
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Ordinary
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Posted on Friday, August 10, 2007 - 11:55 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

When I saw the title of the thread I thought maybe you were talking about steel or plastic tubing like a construction project or something. Duh.
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Eric_w
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Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 2:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Any flowing stream is okay as long as it's wide enough. I was flyfishing on a northern stream last week and saw tubers having fun. I really don't care for it myself though. I'd rather paddle a canoe.
Just one request: Don't litter!
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Thejesus
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Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 2:35 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ostego lake in Gaylord
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Blueidone
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Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 8:04 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My granddaughter was at camp in Wolverine, MI...they take those kids tubing on the Sturgeon River. She said it was great. Saw a little stand right in Wolverine, just of I-75 with canoes and tubes, I think.
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Knocturnal
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Posted on Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 11:13 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Try the Sturgeon River in Indian River or the Au Sable in Mio
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Detroitplanner
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Posted on Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 7:06 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I would agree about the Rifle River up in the park (Lupton). There are places where it is just plain hard pushing. That section has a lot less of the yahoos you find down in Sterling/Skidway Lake.

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