Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Swimming with Manatees!

We enjoyed some warm weather in FL for the holiday season this year.  Or at least that was the plan.  We scheduled a manatee tour… and it was 45 degrees!  It was COLD but well worth it!

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Our manatee swim was at 7AM so we stayed at a hotel close by… Grace and I had a blast!

2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 109The next morning we were up and in our wetsuits. 

2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 113We were excited!

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2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 128Now into the cold water….

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I loved it… I snorkeled with Dada for over an hour and we saw so many Manatees!  We have some great video, at one point there were so many manatees around I kept bumping into them.

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Grace did not like it as much, she was only in the water for a bit, but she enjoyed watching them from boat.

GG and Stephanie liked it… like fish in the water.

2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 1672012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 172When I finished it was time for some hot coco! Yum.

2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 184Dada and Nana stayed in to swim some more… the Manatee’s loved the ropes on our boat…

2012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 1912012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 2072012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 2242012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 2302012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 2372012-12-15 Chrismas 2012 258Nana was the last one out… she made a lot of manatee friends.  In sum, a great family adventure!

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