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Manatee in the Suwannee River

Mon, 11/9/09 Manatee Springs SP, Chiefland, FL: Cloudy all day today. Had a fire all morning and sat around reading and relaxing. Then walked over to the spring which was totally deserted. Would have been a great day to snorkel—the water didn’t even feel that cold. But we were already committed to a hike so that’s what we did. It was so humid that it wasn’t long before we were sweating pretty good. At the end of our hike we walked out the boardwalk through the huge cypress trees to the Suwannee River and there was actually a lone manatee just off the boardwalk. A little guy. Back to our site and took a refreshing shower.