(UPDATE: Here is an update via email from Wendy Harrington at Don's Port. "The boat ramp is open, The slip rental is open, the store is open... Several things have been suspended due to lowering lake levels, the gas dock, the restaurant and renting boats. We are in search of a new owner, but we are open.")
It seemed almost too good to be true when Don's Port Marina managed to reopen in 2012 after closing the previous year due to the disastrous drought.
It apparently was too good to be true and now that the lake is once again dropping precariously as it did in the summer of 2011, the facility again has ceased operation. The lake is now five feet below full and presumably headed for the more than eight feet below or worse that it reached two years ago.
The owners, Terry and Jenny Scott, closed the doors of the marina and the Tiki Hut Restaurant last week. They posted a handwritten note in the window of the door. "The drought has finally taken its toll," the note reads.
The Scotts operated the marina for seven years.
The note indicates that Pavillion Bank of Richardson will be selling the marina and the restaurant. There will be no fuel sales or boat repairs, but boats in slips and storage can remain there indefinitely.
Anyone wanting information about buying the marina should call the bank at 972-380-0700 or e-mail [email protected].