My favorite field trip....

is to Manatee Park in January.  This particular January HAD to be spectacular - manatee come in from the gulf to the warm brackish waters near the power plant.  I have never seen so many!  Just to walk along the path, listening to them exhale as they come up for air, was so amazing. 

The "bumps" of the backs of those floating near the top, the mother near the seawall nursing her two babies, even the tail severely damaged by a boat rotor - all were so miraculous to see.  What a privilege!

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