LCDC spokesman Keith Erickson emails: "As anticipated, the popular Third Street boat launch re-opened on Tuesday. The launch, the most heavily used boater facility on Lake Coeur d’Alene, closed last June as part of the McEuen Park renovations currently under way. Though open now to the public, there will be intermittent closures in the weeks to some as crews continue work on the park upgrades. Those closures will be minimal, most lasting only an hour or so. A prolonged closure of a day is anticipated when paving occurs in the area of the launch, said Phil Boyd of Welch Comer Engineers. There will be public notification prior to that closure. Meantime, city officials reiterated that there are no plans to permanently close the boat launch."

Question (for all but the diehard critics): Did you survive the closure of the 3rd Street dock, Front Avenue & McEuen Field in good shape?