This weekend of March 8th and 9th is now behind us, and one thing is for certain, we are still dredging the lake on #3/#13. March 1st was originally our goal to finish the lake, but unfortunately a combination of set backs has prevented us from achieving our goal. The good news is that we are very close to being finished, and the dredgers will have the contracted amount of silt hauled to the range in the next few days. From here on we will begin to repair all the lake banks, as well as clean up the "haul road" we have created up #3 and #8 fairways. I can not tell you how great it will be to finally put it all back together and have a 27 hole golf course again! The nice sunny weather has definitely helped the drying process with our dirt on the driving range, and we should be able to start shaping the remaining areas in the coming weeks. Take a look at the following pictures of how they are excavating the remaining material in the lake. The large machine is sitting where the old grassy island was at the beginning of the pond, and the truck is hauling the dirt back and forth from the loading site....
Notice how deep the lake will be now in this area. Where the long reach excavator is sitting is the original elevation of the lake, which was above water even at full lake level. The green truck is about 9 or 10 feet tall at the top of the cab, and now after being dredged would be completely under water if the lake was full. This will help our irrigation water holding capacity immensely, and also provide a much more aesthetically pleasing view of the lake while playing golf.
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