AWESOME!
All I can say is…if you ever get the chance to do it…don’t pass it up. I may have to put it back on my bucket list to do again.
First you stuff yourself like a sausage into a wetsuit. (Although many braved the chill without them)
It’s fun and interesting to watch the manatees from a boat, something I’ve done a few times.
But it’s nothing like being in the water with them.
Manatees are large, but gentle, plant-eating mammals.
God has made some magnificent and curious creatures.
Cow and calf….I saw a calf nursing, but had run out of film, so no picture of that.
There’s a narrow rocky passage up to 3 Sisters Springs, which swimmers share with kayaks and manatees.
A peek above the water.
Following the manatees to the springs.
These little silvery fish appear to help keep the manatee’s backs clean of algae.
Needle fish swim just below the surface.
These 3 appeared to be sleeping.
Some of the manatees are tagged with buoys, so their movements can be tracked, I guess.
A view of the springs from above.
Bye
