February 19, 2012

We spent most of today at the Manatee Park near Fort Myers, FL. This park is by a huge Florida Power and Light hydroelectric plant where they discharge warm water which the manatees like, especially in the winter. We saw them three different times but they are fleeting and don't rise above the water much. I was lucky to get what little of them I got in a picture.

This is the Skyway Bridge that goes between St. Petersberg and Tampa Florida. We had a friend who was so frightened of this that he would drive 100 miles rather than drive over this bridge.

This is coming down off the bridge. Nothing but water all around.

It was 85 degrees when we left Fort Myers and just a few hours north it was only 73 degrees. This seems really cold to us. Don't you feel sorry for us?????  :)

A problem with traveling is getting enough vegetables to eat. After 10 days we really needed some and found a neat restaurant, Sweet Tomatoes, which is just a salad bar with soup, breads and ice cream. It was wonderful to eat veggies again!

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