Mother Nature wins the battle

Spring storms are typically normal for me since I have spent most of my life living in Oklahoma, but they now have a whole new meaning when MarinaMan and I are responsible for keeping the family business floating. Early Thursday morning a good storm came through and decided to take with it most of our breakwater dock, Dock A. Thankfully nobody was on the dock and customer's boats took only minor damage. Below you can see the before and after.

Luckily, we have a great staff and everyone has been working hard to get things safe and in working order. We are anxious for the nice weather as traffic is already starting to pick up for the summer lake season. Just another day in the Life as a MarinaGirl.

Coming out of Hibernation

This past month has been great and busy(hence the not blogging for a month). We were fortunate to make some trips back to OKC for the holidays including getting snowed in with the Oklahoma City Blizzard. 14 inches, come on that is insane.

We have been back home and daily life has been more of survival mode. Weather in the single digits and snow has resulted in frozen pipes (aka no water) and trouble getting around on the roads and up the driveway. Lets just conclude that I am ready for this winter adventure to be over and ready for spring.

You know when the marina starts to get calls about boat rentals and reservations for July - that I am not the only one ready for spring and summer.

I will try to get some photos up soon.

Adventure story: Scott was out working in the well house a few weeks ago, probably adjusting the heater to help the frozen pipes, and he found a package that appeared to have been carried from our front porch down the driveway. Just guessing that the UPS guy delivered the package to the porch instead of just throwing in the driveway. As you can tell from the picture something decide the present inside was worth trying to get. A whole corner of the box had been destroyed and the tin can inside had claw indentations in it, but lucking the animal did not succeed. The can of nuts and candy was still there just with a few addition decorations on the outside.


Lesson learned: Warn vendors about sending packages with food