Nov SW gathering

[eggsuckindog]

Originally Posted by DonV

Was wondering......does Eldreds still charge to park?? I remember my buddy thinking he was just so cool and not paying the daily parking fee.....yep, they towed his truck and trailer away.

I think they all charge down there, $15 toll just to get your boat on to Sanibel -
What I did when I went is put in at Venice Muni ramp - free and 10 min from 75 - the run in the ICW to that area is like 45min and a nice run past Island Traders house BUT when you go to Eldreds its 20 mi to the Englewood exit and 20 mi back from 75 thru englewood just to get to the water - I will take Venice again and bet I have camp set up before anybody continuing on 75 even gets there LOL

Like I said we may go down next weekend and camp, so can give a better report but I saw it as we went on by and it looked really nice. Its kinda the local hangout island so must be nice

[Mikem8560]

Originally Posted by eggsuckindog

I think they all charge down there, $15 toll just to get your boat on to Sanibel -
What I did when I went is put in at Venice Muni ramp - free and 10 min from 75 - the run in the ICW to that area is like 45min and a nice run past Island Traders house BUT when you go to Eldreds its 20 mi to the Englewood exit and 20 mi back from 75 thru englewood just to get to the water - I will take Venice again and bet I have camp set up before anybody continuing on 75 even gets there LOL

Like I said we may go down next weekend and camp, so can give a better report but I saw it as we went on by and it looked really nice. Its kinda the local hangout island so must be nice

if you drive a bit farther south to Englewood Indian Mounds park has a free ramp and is slot closer then the Venice ramp.

Edit. I see you already knew that.