Interesting how 80 miles difference can make.

[Steve Connally]

Everglades

 

[Steve Connally]

Ft Myers

 

[Steve Connally]

Wanted to make it by the Edison ford winter estate but don't think we will make it. 7 year old not too interested in trees!! Seems like easy tree work down here.

 

[LimbLoppa]

Dude, pick up a phone book and look at the tree companies listed. I swear there's 85% less per capita than my area. The largest trees they have are cypress, pine and oak.

 

[Steve Connally]

The trees are pretty interesting. Norfolk Island Pines are pretty prehistoric looking. It's interesting they aren't even a pine. You could do just about everything down here with a 45' bucket and a little chipper. I've seen a few tree services. Stump grinders are small and the chip boxes are even smaller. The look more like landscapers with a chipper.

 

[LimbLoppa]

Most are!

 

[cerviarborist]

Steve, I think the bigger difference is whether you're on the West side of US 41 (Saltwater) , or the East. (Freshwater) Did you get out into the Ten Thousand Islands, while you were in the Everglades?

 

[Steve Connally]

No we only went south to everglades city. The Ft Myers thing was 6 mile cypress slough. I've been there 3 times over the last 20 years and love it. I'm fascinated by cypress swamps. Same thing the guide said of 41 fresh vs salt water. Think I like the fresh water areas better. The mangrove forests were cool. Now I know why the drug running biz was so good in the 70's and 80's A local could make a mint out smarting the city boy DEA guys.

 

[cerviarborist]

Yeah, there was a time when the entire population of Everglades City was arrested. I like it all, but I'm particularly partial to the saltwater side and all the mangroves. How long will you be in Florida?

 

[cerviarborist]

As to the size of the gear the tree services use, real estate is at a premium down here. Most places you can't get a bucket into a back yard, and stump grinders need to be able to make it through a small gate. What the oaks lack in height, they make up for in spread.

 

[Steve Connally]

We leave tomorrow. Low key day today, lots of beach time and I have a 5th of Donjulio Blanco that needs to be finished.

 

[Magnum783]

We leave tomorrow. Low key day today, lots of beach time and I have a 5th of Donjulio Blanco that needs to be finished.

Very nice the Edison estate is awesome totally cool. I am not much for tourist traps but that was great.

 

[LimbLoppa]

We leave tomorrow. Low key day today, lots of beach time and I have a 5th of Donjulio Blanco that needs to be finished.

One tequila...two tequila....three tequila.....floor!

 

[cerviarborist]

We leave tomorrow. Low key day today, lots of beach time and I have a 5th of Donjulio Blanco that needs to be finished.

Remember the Florida Department of Tourism motto: "Arrive on vacation, leave on probation!"

 

[Steve Connally]

What's the back story on that slogan?