Boy, talk about glass-half-empty downers. They pull our boats by October 15, although last year they fell behind and we stayed in until nearly Halloween (although they turned off the water so we had to act like we were on a mooring ball). We have at least seven weeks to go and we use the boat until the last possible second, and make the marina guys rip the mooring lines out of our hands. September/Oct is actually our favorite time. Beautiful fall foliage. Nice and cool. Kids have gone back to school and there's less weekend action and craziness. Fewer runabouts and trailer boats. We'll bask in the late summer/fall as long as we can. Heck, we'd moor the boat in the middle of the river for the winter if we could and not have it pulled at all but we'd get crushed by ice floes.