I had to go to Lex yesterday for a part for the car to get it running, so I used it as an excuse to go out and check out Johnson and Elwood, of course. Johnson still has a lot of ice on it. From what I could see, it was mostly covered.
Elwood was about the same, mostly covered for as far as I could see.
But what I really wanted to see was the boat ramp situation at Elwood….and it doesn’t look good. I can’t really tell because of the ice, but it looks to me like you won’t be able to get a boat in there very long, if you can at all now.
I know Daryl is always saying you can’t chase water downhill forever, which is true, but I’m seriously thinking about spearheading a deal where maybe we could get a load of gravel over there and get it spread out. I’d have to see who I could get ahold of to clear something like that, and I know one person I’d like to visit with is Dan Ferguson, the guide over there, because I know when they built the ramp you see here, he donated the use of a loader to build it (I’m thinking that’s what he donated, I know he had a big part in it), so he would know a little bit more about it than I do. I just don’t know if it would be worth it or not because I don’t know how much the rock would disappear in that muck over there. But if you had 20 guys donating $10/piece, you’d be in the neighborhood for a truck full of rock (I’m going to call on those prices too, probably tomorrow). So these are some things rolling around in my head right now. Let me know what you think.