Indiantown Marina From The Air | Fun With Drones & Aerial Photos

Our friend, Tech Tom, came to visit the other day. We call him Tech Tom for a reason - he's a gadget guy with the uncanny ability to fix almost anything electronic. So when he showed up with his new toy - a drone - I wasn't really surprised.

I've never actually seen a drone up close and personal. They're both fascinating and scary. The thought of anyone being able to zoom in and see what you're up to is a bit frightening. But, on the flip side, the footage they shoot is pretty cool.

I extracted a few photos from the raw footage. I'm not sure if extracted is the right word, but I'm not very technical, unlike Tom.

You can see our boat in this photo. It's the sailboat with the gray tarp over the boom in the corner. It has one solar panel on it. Our friends next to us on Wind Spirit have three huge solar panels. They have no shortage of electricity on board, which is probably why they can operate an ice maker when out cruising.

Here's one taken from much further up. I think at one point Tom said the drone was flying at 500'. You can see some boats on the hard in the parking lot. At the height of hurricane season and for many months afterwards, there were lots of boats where you would normally find cars. Indiantown is considered to be a hurricane hole (as much as any place can really be considered to be safe during hurricanes these days) and boats come here to hide out from storms.

This is a view to the west. If you follow the canal, you eventually hit Lake Okeechobee. If you go the other way you end up in Stuart.

In this photo you can see the marina off to the left and the boat storage yard and work yard off to the right. We have a Ladies Walking Posse that walks up this road in the mornings.

Here's another view of the canal. See that dark cloud on the left? That's from the burning of the sugar cane fields. When they burn, ash flies everywhere and ends up on your boat. Sure fire way to make sure they burn the fields - wash your boat. Next thing you know, there will be ash everywhere.

This is a picture from the drone landing. This must be what the world looks like from a cat's perspective, down low to the ground. Tom asked me if I wanted to fly the drone. I wisely said no. The last thing I wanted to be responsible for was crashing an expensive gadget into the alligator infested water.

Have you ever flown a drone? Have you ever seen what your house/boat/RV looks like from above?

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