The seasonal high tides along with high winds have combined to significantly erode the HEB beach as well as the area near our entrance road. Conceivably, the beach could reach our roadway in the very near future. We don't own this area and can do little to stop the erosion. Richy has asked Rob to give him a price to put shoregurad in to stop the progress of the erosion since it is encroaching on his property. The problem is that once the land is gone, it belongs to the state. The whole area has eroded faster this year than I have ever seen it. I don't see how this could be related to our breakwater, but we will have to have a survey next year to access the impact of the breakwater. If the General Land Office deems that the breakwater is causing a problem, we may have to take corrective action.
The fishing around the mitigation site pond remains brisk, to say the least. This weekend produced an unusually high number of guests and everyone seemed to want to try the mitigation site. I didn't even try because it was so crowded. Pop noted that even the rains didn't deter the activity. He had to keep the traffic moving on the entrance road as vehicles stopped to fish from the road because the crosspier was too crowded. Someone caught a number of reds with a plum and yellow cocohoe lure and suddenly that was the lure de jure. I went out last evening and watched two fellows pull in a red and a flounder on the lures. We have a number of monthly and weekly guests right now so I guess the pressure will continue on the reds and drum in the site.
I had a chance to visit with the Torres family on Sunday. They were driving through to see all the changes. They sold their unit(307) to the Killingsworth's family in the summer of '92. We shared stories of how things used to be then.
I still have heard no word on the date for the annual owners' meeting.