Monday, August 23, 2010

Day 5 – Manatee Springs

We woke up that morning  to this view:
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Then we headed out the door for a short drive up to Manatee Springs.  Where we saw not manatee, but deer.  Lots of them.  And they were completely unconcerned with lots of people being around.
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Like so many springs in Florida, this one flows right up from a huge series of underground caves.   The water is clear, cold and beautiful.
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It fed right into the Suwannee River, which was just a short little walk from the head of the springs.
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We saw a tiny little alligator there in the Suwannee.  He was about as cute as an alligator is capable of being.
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Some of us were brave enough to get into the freezing cold water.IMG_6844IMG_6848 IMG_6850 
Layton and Mandy pretty much refused to get more than their feet wet.  I was right there with them.  Waist deep was as far as I could make myself go!  Layton actually cried because he thought it was too cold.
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All and all another great little state park.
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P.S.  If you haven't already seen them, you can look at a few wedding photos I did here and here.

1 comment:

Pam said...

Beautiful "Florida" pictures. I don't think I could have handle the cold water of the springs for very long either!