Our friends from Canton, Georgia came down for a day to swim with the manatees. This is Barron and Irene Smith and Irene's son, Cody,visiting from Denver. The Smith's have two kayaks which they brought. Barron & Cody used them while Irene & Jim went in our canoe.
This is Barron Smith. He enjoyed just swimming around the manatees and watching them.
Cody was very brave and went right in to swim with mask & snorkle among the manatee. He did want to touch them, since this was his first encounter. (They have rough skin.)
He did manage a touch or two with the manatee. Note the one-handed touch, in keeping with the regulations in dealing with these gentle creatures.
This is Irene in the canoe as a mantee comes up for a breath. (I was unable to go on this trip due to my back surgery on March 3rd.)
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Irene is making sure she gets lots of photos.
Jim is also there with my camera to get some good shots.
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The night before their trip to Three Sisters was very cold, so the manatee were really gathered in the spring in numbers. This was unusual. For five years we have made trips to the spring to see if the manatee are there and have only encountered one or two in those years. This cold winter made for great manatee watching & swimming.
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This shot shows quite a few of them gathered. If you did not know what you were looking at you would think they were big rocks on the bottom.
And here is a cute manatee face!
This is another shot showing the numbers of manatee there. The nice thing about the spring is that the water is so clear that you can photograph the manatee from above the water with some success, as opposed to the rivers where the water is not as clear.
Cody was very brave and went right in to swim with mask & snorkle among the manatee. He did want to touch them, since this was his first encounter. (They have rough skin.)
He did manage a touch or two with the manatee. Note the one-handed touch, in keeping with the regulations in dealing with these gentle creatures.
This is Irene in the canoe as a mantee comes up for a breath. (I was unable to go on this trip due to my back surgery on March 3rd.).JPG)
Irene is making sure she gets lots of photos.
Jim is also there with my camera to get some good shots..JPG)
The night before their trip to Three Sisters was very cold, so the manatee were really gathered in the spring in numbers. This was unusual. For five years we have made trips to the spring to see if the manatee are there and have only encountered one or two in those years. This cold winter made for great manatee watching & swimming..JPG)
This shot shows quite a few of them gathered. If you did not know what you were looking at you would think they were big rocks on the bottom.
And here is a cute manatee face!
This is another shot showing the numbers of manatee there. The nice thing about the spring is that the water is so clear that you can photograph the manatee from above the water with some success, as opposed to the rivers where the water is not as clear. 
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