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Rising gas prices not scaring off boaters
Marinas worrying more about water levels
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Jake Williams prepares to fill up the tank of a boat at the gas dock of Aqualand Marina on Sunday. - photo by Tom Reed
FLOWERY BRANCH — On Sunday, boaters at Aqualand Marina were filling up gas tanks in their vessels at nearly a dollar more per gallon than gas stations on land. But neither the price difference nor the fact that gas prices have been rising for weeks seemed to stem activity on this picturesque Easter at Lake Lanier. “I’ve given up having headaches about gas prices.