Saturday, March 10, 2018

March 10, 2018. 37 Miles and Countless Manatees.

We had plans to meet my cousin Eileen in Dunedin for lunch today. We left on our bikes about 10:30, rode down almost to Clearwater, turned around and arrived just in time. We had a great time (as always) with Eileen and her husband David.


After lunch we were headed toward home, but decided to get a few more miles. We rode the Pinellas Trail into Tarpon Springs and then rode up to Spring Bayou to see if the manatees were in--they were! There were a group of them huddled near shore so we sat around and gawked at them with some other folks.


We were sitting on the concrete wall you can see in the lower right hand corner of the above photo.


Below is a mature manatee and her calf; they did not come as close to the wall as some of the others.



There were some children there with their parents and we all enjoyed pointing out the manatees as they came up for air.


After our rest at Spring Bayou we rode home on the trail,  glad we took the detour to see the manatees!

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