Jeremy and Karen have sent out a reminder to everyone abou the “Ice Breaker” Party.
From Jeremy: "We will begin our third season by inviting you to our annual ice-breaker party on March 24, 2010 at Mac’s Time Out Lounge, located at 315 Belle Street in downtown Alton. We will start at 6:30 P.M. We have some updates to discuss and will be serving beverages, food, stories, smiles and margaritas (maybe not exactly in that order). We look forward to seeing all of you there! Please RSVP to let us know that you are coming, so that we can have enough of everything on hand!"
RSVP by calling the office at 618-462-9860 or contact the marina directly through their website at www.altonmarina.com.
In related news, Kelsie will be there modeling the latest in grass and coconut "clothing." This photo was taken at last year's party!
The dredge piping has arrived at the Marina, and work to begin laying it in place will begin on Tuesday March 9th. The company that is doing the work will be fusing together and laying out over 2000 feet of the pipe. The pipe will carry the removed silt along the bottom of the river, so that it can be discharged on the Missouri side(per our permit). It will take about two full weeks for the pipe to be assembled and put in place. The dredge boat will arrive around the 20th, and the work begins! We will update you as things move along!
Looks like the cold temperatures have really set in and we're in for at least a few more months of this before we can get back out on the water. This photo is a pic of ice formed on the hull of one of the boats out at the marina. We're glad the aeriators are in place keeping the ice from building up around all the boats.
In case you didn't get out there to see the marina in December, you missed seeing Karen, Jeremy, and the staff's Christmas Decorations! Here's a photo of the lighthouse all lit up.
This past Sunday was a great day for boating and checking out the fall colors. I took these photos about 4 miles above Alton Marina along the river road running to Grafton. The camera just does not capture the colors. The colors should be really great this weekend – get out there if you can.
Brad, Just read this email from one of our friends from Sunset. They passed through here on their boat heading south about two weeks ago. Kathy sent us this. Really scarey. Thought you might want to share.
Green Turtle Bay is a lovely marina near Paducah KY. We kept our boat there for a month this summer so our grandkids and great niece could enjoy the facilities. It's sad to think how quickly a tragedy of this magnitude can develop. The couple were on an extended trip from Tennessee. Sadly, neither of them survived.
NOW...May be a good time to re-think the emergency response policies, wherever your boat is docked. October is "Fire Prevention Month".
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