I wanted to give a quick update and once again say thank you to all of you who took the time to give me some advice on my project. I finished the pond a couple months ago and it was full a few very short weeks later. Weather wise I was very lucky and could not have had it timed out much better. Although I did have to pump it out twice as I was trying to get the dock piers in. Overall the project went better than I expected. After much thought and research I decided to go with the land bridge. It looks a little raw right now with no landscaping etc., but I am very optimistic about its future. I found a couple semi-local land bridges, went and checked them out and loved them. They were the final straw on my decision to go with it. Best of all my wife is very pleased, so thus far I have to say its a success! BTW to all you siphon pipe lovers out there, mine kicked on for the first time last week although I was not there to see it, I know it ran. I can't wait to see it in action. Next time I am braving the rain to see it. Might add some pics of the project sometime. Again, thank you very much for the advice.