Wow! The Picture

Recently, in the blog entitled The Cities Within . I discussed the contrast between the scenes we see from the water and life on land.

I just pulled down this picture from Google Earth. It shows where we were anchored on Peck Lake. That was the place that inspired us to write Florida's Best Beach It proves my point better than mere words.

Study the picture to see what was visible from the anchorage (see the flag). We could see almost nothing but nature. We rowed into shore and walked to the unspoiled beach visible on the picture. The Google Earth picture also shows that masses of crowded humanity were just to the west of us hidden by the mangrove trees. We had no idea.

By the way, Google's technology continues to amaze me. Were I 30 years younger I'd love to have been a part of that startup. Those guys must be on such a high. Libby and I put some of our retirement money into Google. Not much, but just enough to make us feel like we have a small part of the excitement.