Swimming with Manatees!
Manatee, or 'Sea Cow', stare down Manatee Pics for Sale Swimming with manatees and photographing them underwater has been high on my list for some time now. I've heard stories and seen pictures coming out of some part of Florida so I had an idea that this was the place to start looking into achieving this goal. With a road trip to Miami in the works to see our good friends Nate and Kelly, I seized the opportunity to make this dream a reality. It turns out that Crystal River, on the Gulf side of Florida is the place to go to for manatee encounters. It is one of the few places left in the world that run tours to see the manatees and let you get in the water with them. The manatees aggregate here during the winter months in the relative warm waters seeping up through fresh water springs. These springs also bring an unusual clarity to these otherwise turbid brown waters. These manatees are big! Heidi is in the background Heidi and her manatee...