is called. There was a gentle layer of smoke throughout because they
burn sections to clear the brush. It made me anxious to leave in the
morning. Were these the sections to be burned next? Clearly, they
had not yet be burned, or at least not recently. But, all went well
and we found our way back out of the forest in the morning.
We headed for Homossasa State Park. We understood we could
see manatees there. We talked to Robyn while she was there
and she confirmed sightings, but said that it was really crowded.
We soldiered on and after stopping for a late lunch arrived at
the park about 3 PM. By that time the crowds had diminished.
We opted to ride the tram; the last boat had left and Robert
has great difficulty walking very far. Even so it was probably
more of a walk than he should have taken, but we did see
4 or 5 manatees feasting a cabbages. We had hoped to see
them from an underwater area, but there were no manatees
in there when we were there. We watched for quite a while,
but manatees aren't about adventure. They just slowly moved
around and ate cabbage. The park is quite extensive and has
many different animals, including a great number of alligators,
one hypo, lots of birds and some deer. Probably others, but that
required more walking than we were willing to do.
We are now about 125 miles from our destination in Cocoa Beach.
Our van is empty of waste and filled with water. We are anxious
to get off the road and let Robert sit with his feet, or at least, foot
up for a week.
It was almost 80 when we were in the park; it is 70F right now
at 8:30 Eastern Time.
Ill try and post pictures soon.
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