Something happened this winter/spring when I wasn’t paying attention. Google Earth updated the satellite photo of our area! The prior photo was a horrible picture taken on off-chance month the LCRA had dropped Lake LBJ by 5-6 feet. When friends and family would look at our area, I would get comments like, “It looks like a lot of beach and not much water. Where do you go boating?”
I noticed that the new shot was taken sometime late winter or early spring and it’s a really great view of the area and the lake.
So in order to celebrate our upgraded status on Google Earth, I was going to run a contest to see who can pick the closest date and time that this satellite picture was taken. Unfortunately (or maybe it was fortunate given that I’m supposed to know about this kind of stuff), I discovered that the date is always in the bottom left corner of the image. So…….drum roll please………it was March 23, 2013!! Still don’t know the time, but from the shadows it may be morning. Whoever can give me the closest time of day based on proof via clues in the imagery, will get either:
a) A 6-pack of Corona or comparable (no jokes please) beer of their choice
b) A bottle of Red or White Texas wine
c) A 6-pack of their favorite soda
You can contact me via the information on the website if you don’t have my phone or email information.
For those few folks that have never loaded/installed Google Earth, go to http://earth.google.com From there just search for your Lakewood Forest 1 property address, zoom in and start dragging around the screen to look for things that might have been unique to that day and time.
Let loose the bloodhounds and get on the trail of clues!!
Good Hunting!
Chris Smith
