No need for Google Earth

This is where I live, Bay Isles Assn, Harbourside

Today, I had the opportunity to fly over Longboat Key, on the way across the state of Florida to Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport.  While aloft, I snapped a few pictures.

Sometimes you get lucky and find a shot that gets everything you wanted, and this was it.  At the bottom, you note the Marina, and around the square "island" in the middle, you shall see Ripley Wild's favorite golf course ponds where he enjoys a cool dip on a warm day.

Within the island, you'll see two very distinct housing types - 2 and 3 bedroom condos on the right, and single family homes on the left (to the west).  That's the gulf far left, the Intercoastal Waterway and Sarasota Bay to the right.

See the small body of water inside the condo neighborhood - that's ours, that is Winding Oaks, and adjacent to that is the Winding Oaks Pool.  Leave that pool, and head roughly 265 degrees (assuming top of photo is 360 North) and you'll find my unit on the corner of Winding Oaks and Harbourside.

Or I suppose you could just strap on a chute and drop in..........or then again you could be conventional, call ahead so we can clear you and your vehicle beyond the security post where you must get a pass to clear the second set of gates.  This might explain why visitors just don't drop in, unless of course the door is ajar and the pilot pulls a bank greater than fifty degrees.  See ya!

Oh, and if the chute fails, I'd try for the golf course ponds - our pool has a no diving restriction.