Long-Term Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

			March 31,		December 31,
			2013		2012
Partnership's credit facility (due 2016), interest based on Prime and/or LIBOR plus an
	applicable margin, interest rate at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was 3.3% and 4.3%, respectively	$	12,000	$	71,000
Subsidiary Borrower's credit facility (due 2016), interest based on LIBOR plus 5.0%,
	interest rate at March 31, 2013 was 5.3%		22,000		-
Senior secured notes (including PIK notes (1) of $9.5 million), weighted average interest rate
Partnership's senior unsecured notes (due 2018), net of discount of $9.2 million and $9.7 million,
	respectively, which bear interest at the rate of 8.875%		715,780		715,305
Partnership's senior unsecured notes (due 2022), which bear interest at the rate of 7.125%			250,000		250,000
Series B secured note assumed in the Eunice transaction, which bore
			999,780		1,036,305
	Debt classified as long-term	$	999,780	$	1,036,305