The roar returns to the Silver Lake dunes

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SILVER LAKE, Mich. (WZZM) - Opening day for the Detroit Tigers is Monday, but another opening day passed this week - the massive dunes at Silver Lake opened for off-road fun.
The massive dune have been asleep for five months but that changed on Wednesday. Every April, the buzz of day one wakes the massive dune from its' winter slumber.
It's the only place east of Utah, where gear-heads can play on a roller coaster of pure sand, and sometimes water.
The dunes will swirl with off-road activity for the next 7 months. Drawing over 300,000 visitors to Oceana County's 450-acre sand box.
The dunes are open from April 1st to October 31st each year.

More info on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes can be found at:
http://www.duneguide.com/sand_dune_guide_silver_lake.htm

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Silver Lake Sand Dunes opens April 1

Source: http://oceanaheraldjournal.com/news.php?story_id=32829

SILVER LAKE — Another seven months of off-roading starts next Wednesday, April 1, at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes off-road vehicle (ORV) area.
No rule changes are in place for 2009, but the park might experiment with ORV voucher distribution. Silver Lake State Park Manager Pete LundBorg said ORV attendance has fallen off on Sundays, and depending on demand and use, the park might not issue Sunday vouchers on certain weekends. Depending on the outcome, LundBorg said a permanent change might be made in 2010.
“We’re finding that on Sundays, we don’t have that much attendance to the point where the voucher center isn’t terribly effective,” LundBorg said.
Vouchers will still be required for holiday weekends.
The park also is slated to receive some ORV grant funding to pave certain areas. LundBorg said there are areas around the ORV parking lot where asphalt has broken that will be repaired, and the voucher center parking lot is slated to be paved. The new asphalt likely will come in late summer or early fall.
The Silver Lake State Park campground also will open for the season next Wednesday, but because of cooler weather, the bathhouse will not be opened until mid May.
Park crews have been busy this week installing the directional signs and boundary markers.
“There’s lots of work we need to get done before we open the gates next Wednesday,” LundBorg said.

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