Apollo Beach seeing the Manatee's

Sarasota, FL


We woke up to another beautiful day here in sunny Sarasota Fl.  We took the dogs on their morning walk  and then we went out exploring while we waited for Heidi to text me they were ready for us to come over. 

This is a beautiful state park.  We walked out to the entrance for me to get some pictures
 
Once you turn off of 72 you come through the entrance gate to the ranger station

We toured the visitor center across from the ranger station and enjoyed seeing what creatures they have here.
 
Once Heidi text me we were off to Apollo Beach to see the Manatee’s!

The power plant has set up this awesome walk way where you can come and see the Manatee’s.
 
See the huge smoke stakes .. i thought they were neat
  
The guys having a great time
 
This is Tidal Creek
   
There were lots of fish .. we even saw a shark but he was to fast for me to get a picture of him.

Not sure if you can make out this striped fish but he was neat looking
 
look at the water temp .. of course the temp here today is 88 degrees!
   
These Manatee’s were too far away to enjoy
    
             
The birds were enjoying the warm day and this one even caught him some lunch
    
There was another walk way and we went up there and we finally found some Manatee’s that we could see

i think they are cute and i love their nose .. several were putting on shows for all the guest
       
Looks like this one got his tail caught in a a motor blade or something
        
We walked through the gift shop but their stuff was too expensive so we passed on anything
    
After seeing the Manatee’s we stopped at Wal-mart and got some things for dinner.  We headed back and Peter grilled dinner and then we all were tired It was almost 7 PM so we decided to call it an early night.
 
We have been having a great time and our time seems to be going by so fast .. we have plans for tomorrow but you will have to wait and see what they are .. until next time