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Everglades Wilderness Waterway
Anyone who is looking for a slightly offbeat boating adventure should
consider the Everglades Wilderness Waterway. It extends inland approximately 100 miles south from Everglades City in southwestern Florida all the way to the southernmost tip of mainland Florida, a little park ranger outpost called Flamingo. We have not yet navigated the entire length but have now been on three different segments of it: North from Flamingo into the south end of Whitewater Bay; the area extending from the north end of Whitewater Bay up into the Shark River and Tarpon Bay areas; and today a short distance on the northern portion extending south from Everglades City. This is not your typical boating trip with well charted routes, frequent navigational markers and convenient access to marinas and other services. Au contraire, the charts are incredibly inaccurate with GPS tracks frequently running over dry land; navigational markers, where they exist at all, are likely to be rotting wodden stakes, sometimes with a hand painted number; services and other signs of civilization are totally non-existent. It is not an area forgiving of poor planning or ineptitude although we at times today we touched on both and nevertheless returned unassisted. http://www.tinyurl.com/waynebspottrack For gfretwell's benefit, it makes navigating the Estero River look like deep water and a piece of cake. :-) We encountered a number of spots where even local knowledge is not enough - there just isn't enough water except at high tide, and high tide on the Gulf of Mexico is basically a once-a-day thing, and today it is at night. It's an interesting challenge however and beautiful country, even if best seen in a canoe or kayak as opposed to our dinghy and outboard. Here are some other sites: http://www.evergladesdiary.com/ http://www.nps.gov/ever/planyourvisi...ast-trails.htm http://www.evergladeshostel.com/gall...s/waterway.htm |
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