The worst shape the Skyway was ever in was after a big fish kill a few years ago. About 6 to 8 big-ass fish that looked like carp had washed in dead to the launch, so someone decided to stack those bitches in a heinous pyramid right in the middle of the launch.

Those bastards sat there and rotted in the sun for about a month and stunk so bad that even the flies wouldn't go near them. One day, I was launching a kite and actually tripped over the damn fish pile and fell on my ass right over the top of it. Then, once all the fish rotted away, we were picking fish bones out of our feet for the next three months.

Be careful in you venture near the mangroves during the clean up. Comments about used condoms and syringes are not an exaggeration. A lot of people ride at the skyway, and some are riding the white pony and others are riding man-ass. Take universal precautions and don't come away from the mangroves with hepatitis or something worse.