1 February 2019 Starting Vacation

It was time for a wonderful week in Florida.  Our first stop after we arrived was at Manatee Park.  The crowd in the parking lot told us there were manatees in the water.  We paid our entrance and walked to the water.  Before we started spotting manatees, we were treated to an egret and a great blue heron.

There were many manatees in the water.  It is tough to capture these magnificent mammals.  They slowly move through the water surfacing only for a moment before returning into the water.  They are tough to capture, but amazing to see.

After visiting the manatees, we moved on to a first visit to Charlotte Harbor State Park.  We kicked off our visit with the first ammo can of vacation.  There were many more to come.

It seems kind of strange to think that people need to be warned about feeding or approaching alligators.  We were happy to just spot a Florida redbelly turtle.

While we were looking at the turtle we also stopped to see the pond view.

Ali noticed something across the way...

A redbelly was there to finish our last day on the trail.