We live on an island. At least they call it an island. Anyway, there is water everywhere in our neighborhood and we live a short walk from a large lake. Tonight we headed out to the dock and were pleasantly surprised by this guy.
Not only was this manatee swimming within arms reach, he brought about 15 of his manatee friends with him. I was so upset with myself that I didn’t bring my camera with me (like I always do). I did catch this short video with my phone.
Ignore my shhh’ing the kids. For some reason I thought they would swim away with the noise, but they didn’t. They swam closer. Go figure….
this was so neat, and how lucky for you all to see them.
Where in North FL? I bet we are close! Email me at timkelly@tds.net
How cool! I’ve never seen one of those before…at least I don’t remember. Haha. I did see a deer once when walking my son to the park, that was a lot of fun.
So, so cool!!! I love manatees! What a treat!
“Barbraaa Manatee (manatee manatee)
You are the…One for me (one for me one for me)”
Sorry—am I weird that this post made me immediately think of Veggie Tales??
Love the photos!
KJ
Hahahaha…..I did the same thing!! Veggie Tales is ingrained into my everyday thinking. =/
Thank you for posting this. I moved away from South Florida in 2000 and really get homesick sometimes so any pictures are always great for me. I am always pestering my mom to take pictures. I grew up on Ft. Myers Beach (back when it was not a “city” and I am landlocked by corn and soybeans now) and I have serious water withdrawls lol.
I was thinking “WHAT?!?!? Manatees in Maryland?” I looked them up and once I saw the map of where they live I realized, duh, you moved to Florida.