Dear Ken and LS:
Thanks for your comments and recommendations.
LS, we get very little ice here so its not really a concern. I like your concrete block/chain idea. I may look into that further.
Ken, yes Wilkerson's is still here and thriving. Folks still come from all over God's creation to eat there.
The weather pattern here was very unusual and strange this year. There is about an 11 square mile area of W. King George area that received hardly any rainfall this summer and fall; yet, it was downpouring all around us.
Thanks again for the comments and suggestions.
Warmest regards,
Paul
