CAPTAIN DON EASES THE BOAT THROUGH A CANAL TO THE HOMOSSASA RIVER |
THE VEGETATION ALONG THE CANAL WAS BEAUTIFUL |
THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE RIVER |
WE SAW OUR FIRST MANATEES A FEW YARDS INTO THE RIVER |
A MANATEE WATCH VOLUNTEER SCRUTINIZES OUR EVERY MOVE FROM A KAYAK |
CHARLIE SEEMS A LITTE BORED ON OUR MANATEE ADVENTURE |
DON LOWERS HIMSELF INTO THE WATER AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE SO NOT TO DISTURB THE MANATEE |
A WAVE FROM THE MANATEE WATCHER |
THERE IS A MOTHER AND BABY RIGHT BELOW DON CAN YOU SEE THEM? |
DON WATCHES THE MOM AND BABY FROM ABOVE |
MOMMA MANATEE AND HER BABY FEEDING |
BOATS LIKE THIS LOOK LIKE THEY POSE LITTLE THREAT TO THE MANATEES........ |
UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT IS HANGING ON THE BACK OF THEM - 25 HP OF SLASHING BLADES |
SARA TOOK HER TURN AT THE HELM AS CHARLIE AND I WATCHED FOR MANATEES FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOAT |
THESE ARE MANATEES IN THE SAFETY OF THE STATE PARK REFUGE |
THIS LADY KNEW MANY OF THEM BY NAME AND SLASH MARKS ON THEIR BACKS |
THERE IS A FEEDING ENCLOSURE WHERE YOU CAN WATCH THE PARK RANGERS FEED THE MANATEES FROM BELOW |
MANATEE DEVOURING A HEAD OF LETTUCE |
THE WAKULLA SPRINGS RESORT IS A MUST SEE |
THE LOCATION OF THE FILMING OF MOST OF THE TARZAN MOVIES AND MANY OTHERS |
THE MAIN LODGE AT WAKULLA SPRINGS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO STAY |
THE ELEGANT DINING ROOM AT THE WAKULLA SPRINGS HOTEL |
THE INLAYED ART WORK IN THE BEAMS OF THE HOTEL WAS MAGNIFICENT.. |
THE AZALIAS ON THE GROUNDS WERE SO COLORFUL |
THERE WAS A RAINBOW OF COLOR ON THE GROUNDS OF THE LODGE |
THE TREES ON THE GROUNDS TOWERED OVER EVERYTHING |
THE FAMOUS TOUR BOATS OF WAKULLA -BOTH GLASS BOTTOM AND NATURE TOURS |
SARA PICKED UP SEVERAL NEW BIRDS-NOTE HER SPOTTING SCOPE TO THE LEFT |
THE MANY REPTILES OF WAKULLA SPRINGS |
TWO CORMORANTS STOOD AT ATTENTION AS WE PASSED |
MOOR HEN WITH ITS COLORFUL BEAK |
THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE ON THE TOUR |
A DEER SIZED US UP FROM SHORE |
THIS WATER IS OVER 20 FEET DEEP AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM AS THOUGH IT IS ONLY A FOOT |
A SECOND TOUR BOAT FOLLOWED US DOWN THE RIVER |
THIS ANHINGA WAS DRYING ITS WINGS IN THE SUN |
ONE OF THE MANY MASSIVE CYPRESS TREES OF THE WAKULLA RIVER |
THIS MALE WOOD DUCK WAS LOOKING FOR A DATE IN ALL HIS FINERY |
WHAT A SIGHT TO SEE.........UNBELIEVABLE |
THE MAJESTIC GREAT WHITE HERON |
SUCH BEAUTY CAN ONLY BE SEEN AT WAKULLA |
SARA LOVED THE BIRDS........SHE ADDED THE RARE LEAST BITTERN TO HER LIFE LIST |
THIS MOTHER GREAT BLUE HERON WAS FEEDING HER BABY.........CAN YOU SEE IT AT THE LEFT |
ALEXANDER SPRINGS -A GREAT PLACE TO SNORKLE |
THE STEPS TO THE POOL CAN YOU SEE THE FISH |
DON HITS THE WATER WITH MASK FINS AND SNORKLE |
THE WATER IS OVER 30 FT DEEP BUT YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM EVERYWHERE |
WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO SNORKLE |
WHAT A GOOD TIME..........SO MUCH TO SEE |