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Wayne.B

On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:45:16 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:44:16 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:20:58 -0500, wrote:

Where did you find all that water up your way ?

It's only about 1-2' deep right there, gets closer to 4-5 out in the
middle.. That is the wide part of the river, next to the scrub park..

Do you know the approximate lat/lon? I've looked at the Estero River
on Google Earth and I still can't figure out how you guys get up there
at all. I'll have to try it with the runabout some time on a
*really* high tide.

I am really just starting to play with Google Earth.
leepa.org has better pictures and I have some nice IR false color
images on my web site gfretwell.com/aerials that are real good looks
at the bottom. (deep water is cooler than shallow water). Look at the
1999 .TIFs. They are from USGS

Guys come up here with 32' offshore center consoles and the tour
operator has a 52' pontoon they run up here.
If you can get past #30 on the channel coming in you can make it up
the river.
There are places with white sticks. Stay next to the first one, then
steer to the second one
The first one is N26.26.7 W81.51.1
The second is N26.26.1 W81.50.43
If you look at the aerial you will see the bars and the water flow you
are following.
The picture was shot around N26.26.17 W81.50.29

If you really want a jungle cruise ride go north at
N26.26.11 W81.51.11 and take that little creek out to Rocky Bay
That is the way we go out on crowded days.
You can see that when you get to Rocky Bay you have to hug the
mangrove until you clear that bar.
Another nice "poke" back in the sticks is Mud Creek N26.26.54
W81.51.21 and up around the bend.
There is a loop down at N26.25.27 W81.51.51 that comes out down by
Weeks N26.24.43 W81.50.49

Thanks, good information !