On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:26:22 -0600, thunder
wrote:

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:16:04 -0500, Wayne.B wrote:


We were at Everglades Park ranger station at Flamingo (southern tip) a
few years ago and they were telling us that there was a large sportfish
stuck somewhere in Florida Bay that had been there for months. The park
service would not allow it to be salvaged unless there was a guarantee
of no sea grass damage and no one wanted to take the risk.

Sometimes the park service comes across as Nazis. It's not like leaving
that boat there isn't going to cause any damage. The early settlers of
Flamingo must have been a hardy lot. I can't imagine living there before
the invention of Deet. ;-)

If the bugs don't get you the crocs will. We only go in the winter
months. There are some beautiful wilderness areas going north from
there.