I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.

--
Bill Kiene

Kiene's Fly Shop
Sacramento, CA, USA

Web site: www.kiene.com

In article ,
says...
I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.


Yes there is alot of water down there. Just dont go inland. SW Florida is
great for year round boating as I guess also SE Florida is. Wanna see
water? Drive to Key West.

Yea, boating and fishing is an "accepted norm" in FL. I read, every day, the
Outdoors' Best Forum Florida Fishing/Boating.
http://outdoorsbest.zeroforum.com/zeromain?id=1 Pretty good stuff and those
guys get to do it all year long. We do too, here in TX and you in CA..but I
am still envious.

Now, if it wasn't for five grandkids ( all here ) and a wife of 43 years (
who wants to be near the grandkids) ..I'd be checking it out. RichG
--
RichG
http://groups.msn.com/CarolinaSkiffOwners

Hey Bchbound,
Inland has its share of water too. Ever hear of Lake Ochachobee or
howabout Lake George Or lake Sanford or Orange Lake or... or... St. Johns
River? Crystal River, St Mary's River, Suwuannee River? Of course with more
coastline then any other 2 states, off shore has its merits too!

Yep we got a lot of water in Florida!
--
Capt. Frank

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"Bchbound" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.


Yes there is alot of water down there. Just dont go inland. SW Florida
is
great for year round boating as I guess also SE Florida is. Wanna see
water? Drive to Key West.

In article k.net,
says...

Hey Bchbound,
Inland has its share of water too. Ever hear of Lake Ochachobee or
howabout Lake George Or lake Sanford or Orange Lake or... or... St. Johns
River? Crystal River, St Mary's River, Suwuannee River? Of course with more
coastline then any other 2 states, off shore has its merits too!

Yep we got a lot of water in Florida!
--
Capt. Frank

__c
\ _ | \_
__\_| oooo \_____
~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~
www.home.earthlink.net/~aartworks


"Bchbound" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
I just spent 3 weeks in FL visiting our grandkids.

I never saw so many boats and boat dealers and water.


Yes there is alot of water down there. Just dont go inland. SW Florida
is
great for year round boating as I guess also SE Florida is. Wanna see
water? Drive to Key West.




I heard of those lakes. Living on Long Island I dont know much, if
anything at all about fresh water boating.I have heard that if you go up
the caloosahache river from Ft Myers you can get all the way to the
Atlantic. Not sure if that is true.

Bchbound

.I have heard that if you go up
the caloosahache river from Ft Myers you can get all the way to the
Atlantic. Not sure if that is true.

Bchbound

Yup, you come out at Stewart.

: What is the difference between "coastline" and "tidal
Shoreline"?

They are referring to the estuary areas where there are thousands of mangrove
islands and small inlets. If you draw a straight "coastline" from Miami to
Naples you would get about 150 miles but if you followed each little island and
inlet up into the Everglades you get thousands of miles. I'm sure the same
would be true all along the bayou country of the Gulf coast. These "shorelines"
are easier to measure up in Tampa Bay/St Pete since most of them are seawalled.
;-(

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 14:10:46 GMT, Bchbound
wrote:
I have heard that if you go up
the caloosahache river from Ft Myers you can get all the way to the
Atlantic. Not sure if that is true.
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It is true; I live about 1,000 feet from the Caloosahatchee and can
speak with a great deal of certainty. It is technically known as the
Okeechobee Waterway, starting out with the Caloosahatchee River,
transitioning to canals, crossing Lake Okeechobee, followed by more
canals to St Lucie on the east coast. There are 5 locks along the
way, no permits or fees required.

http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/recreation/

Should come in the summer, same amount of water, fewer boats ;-)

N.H. (the state where I live) has 17 miles of coastline. For comparison,
does anyone know how many miles of coastline Fla. has?

I just saw a tourism site that says 8426 miles. I assume that is guessing about
the 10,000 islands and the Keys where measuring is more art than science.