Apalachicola Bay Area Boating
Posted: January 16th, 2011, 10:59 am
Well its winter, I have two bad knees and I find myself sitting around a lot looking at the computer so I started playing with Google Earth and my GPS and managed to map many of my boating trips over the past couple of years.
I have been very fortunate to have a generous friend who (until recently) had a place on St. George Island which allowed me chance to explore the local waters. My boat is not much - a 13.5' Boston Whaler with a 1981 hull and a newer 40 horse Yamaha - but that has never held back my curiosity about what is ahead. Apalachicola Bay / St. George Sound is amazingly large and diverse and for sure I have just scratched the surface.
For starters here is a composite image of my trips, unless it gets boring for folks over coming weeks I will zoom in to different areas with photos of my favorite places. The colored lines depict the different tracks, there is a good bit of overlap along some of my main routes.
I have been very fortunate to have a generous friend who (until recently) had a place on St. George Island which allowed me chance to explore the local waters. My boat is not much - a 13.5' Boston Whaler with a 1981 hull and a newer 40 horse Yamaha - but that has never held back my curiosity about what is ahead. Apalachicola Bay / St. George Sound is amazingly large and diverse and for sure I have just scratched the surface.
For starters here is a composite image of my trips, unless it gets boring for folks over coming weeks I will zoom in to different areas with photos of my favorite places. The colored lines depict the different tracks, there is a good bit of overlap along some of my main routes.