Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Little Manatee River State Park

Everyday this cardinal would fight with a vehicle mirror/window





Having arrived here early Saturday morning we had everything unloaded and organized for our 4 days here; our routine to do things gets done very fast. We had a day of checking everything out, going to Wal-Mart to get my haircut (my hair is full of curls and puffiness which I really don’t like…Jenna understands) and pick up a few things for the new motor home. We arrived home after the rain and had supper then walked over to the community fire pit where they have a welcome s’more/campfire party when the sun goes down. The hosts do the cooking and we do the talking and meeting of all the neighbours, the rain moved in around 9 so the party ended and everyone headed back inside. This park is very small consisting of 30 campsites so Rod didn’t get lost at all.

Sunday morning we headed to Big Ben Power Plant not knowing really what to expect…WOW. Manatees everywhere, stingrays, sharks, and lots of fish plus everything was free. Rod and I were quite impressed we plan to go back on Tuesday to enjoy the sights again. We could really understand how and why people are so attracted to watching these gentle mammals. The afternoon Rod cleaned the jeep and I supervised him in the sunshine. We decided to have a bonfire that evening and our neighbours from Hanover came over to visit.

Rod got up early Monday morning to cook another great breakfast and we headed off on our daytrip. Anna Maria, Bradenton Beach, Longpoint Key, Sarasota, Venice, and Punta Gorda was our route….amazing places and as far south as we will be going this year. We got home at dinner time, ate and went to bed early.

Tuesday morning we just relaxed and then took a trip to see the manatees again, pick up some free books for Mom and buy some strawberries (this years….yummy). The evening we got things all packed for our departure in the morning.

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