Jonathan Dickinson State Park is just inland from Jupiter, Fl. Nearly 12,000 acres of pine flats and the wild & scenic
Loxahatchee River.
There were some interesting signs.....would this work at Quarry Hill? OK, maybe not, since I did keep walking in spite of the ominous warning - but not too far :-)
How would you "entice" an alligator...hey big fella I've got some chicken back at my tent........?
There were several ospreys and at least two nests were being readied.
Blue Spring State Park is north of Orlando, west of
Daytona Beach, and home to as many as 300 manatees during the winter months.
Manatees can be as much as 10 feet long and weigh up to nearly a ton. At Blue Spring there were many young manatees and moms with babies.
Manatees cannot tolerate water much cooler than 60 degrees and come to Blue Spring for the 73 degree water of the spring. The white marks on this mother are scars from boat propeller wounds. The baby had one too :-(
These folks were counting manatees - they estimated about 200 where in the spring this day. The younger manatees seemed really curious about the canoe. The dark shadows along the shore are manatees too.
The babies weigh about 60 lbs. at birth and stay with mom for 2 years.
An altogether charming animal.
Jonathan Dickinson State Park is just inland from Jupiter, Fl. Nearly 12,000 acres of pine flats and the wild & scenic Loxahatchee River.
There were some interesting signs.....would this work at Quarry Hill? OK, maybe not, since I did keep walking in spite of the ominous warning - but not too far :-)
How would you "entice" an alligator...hey big fella I've got some chicken back at my tent........?
There were several ospreys and at least two nests were being readied. 
Blue Spring State Park is north of Orlando, west of Daytona Beach, and home to as many as 300 manatees during the winter months.
Manatees can be as much as 10 feet long and weigh up to nearly a ton. At Blue Spring there were many young manatees and moms with babies.
Manatees cannot tolerate water much cooler than 60 degrees and come to Blue Spring for the 73 degree water of the spring. The white marks on this mother are scars from boat propeller wounds. The baby had one too :-(
These folks were counting manatees - they estimated about 200 where in the spring this day. The younger manatees seemed really curious about the canoe. The dark shadows along the shore are manatees too.
The babies weigh about 60 lbs. at birth and stay with mom for 2 years.
An altogether charming animal.
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