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Summer Day on the Water in West Michigan

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Two people are in a colorful speed boat navigating a channel with tree-lined banks under a bright sky.

Out on the boats for a summer day on the water in West Michigan. We ran the channel out toward the big lake first — flat enough in there, sailboats coming the other way, the pier heads sitting way off ahead of us.

Five of us piled onto the back of one boat at some point, everybody hanging on each other, jet skis cutting through the wake behind. Bottles of water going around, sunglasses on everybody.

When it got hot enough a couple of guys went off the swim platform. The water out past the channel is that green-black color it gets in July, and they hung on the teak steps arguing about something before climbing back in. Nobody was in a hurry to head back through the channel.

Blue sky with glowing clouds over a calm ocean reflecting sunlight, with a dark beach and grassy dunes.Five men pose on a moving boat on a body of water with trees and distant structures under a blue sky.A sandy path through tall green dune grass leads to a beach and the ocean under a blue sky.Two people swim in green water next to a boat with a wooden transom, with sunlight glinting on the surface.

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