Willard So. Marina 5-28-20

[Tin-Can]

Would love to get on WB early in the morning. But unless they start opening the gates open before 6 a.m. by 6:15 there is a line to get in at the pay shack, then another to go thru  the AIS check. By the time you get to the ramps (at least at the south marina) they are already getting well packed.  The parking are at the ramps used to have signs that limited parking to Disabled or Seniors. I didn't see those signs Saturday. Have they been removed, or has some un-practiced trailer backer run them over ?

The gate is only closed on the IN side of the South Marina; the OUT gate was open at 5:45 AM on Friday morning.  The tire ripper on that side of the gate was removed several years ago.  I drove right through with nary a problem.  I was NOT the first boat there.  He was already launched and flippin' for bass around the harbor.  He must have gotten there at or before 5:30 AM.  I have a permanent for life Fun Tag, so don't have to stop and pay the daily fee.  I also have the annual AIS Certificate to place on the dash so don't have to stop to fill that out.

The signs (2 of them) are still there.  As you look DOWN the ramps, they are on the bottom end of the ramps right next to the water and are on either side of the South parking area.  The North parking area had the signs removed a couple years ago.  The signs indicate the South parking area is for disabled and seniors only.

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Curt, Bob, thanks for  the replies.  I have not been able to get up to WB on a week day in quite awhile. And lately, even down Fridays seem to have become the new Saturdays.  But by the end of this month I can be back sitting at the gate almost any day I want.
Yes, Bob, I don't need to stop at the pay shack either. I have an annual Senior State Park Pass and I do the AIS Certificate in about February every year. When there is someone at the shack, they have lately been asking all the AIS questions when it's between about 6 a.m. and 7 ish, cuz the other person that is now working the new patio area at the bottom of the drive that goes up to the ramp area wasn't at work yet.  It hasn't been this year, so it may be different, but in past years I have gotten to the south pay shack before 6 a.m. and had to wait because the "out" gate was closed and didn't open until 6, at the same time the "in" gate opened.
But I think I may try it again tomorrow. Taking  the day off to burn up some use or loose .