30/01: Manatees and Airplanes
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Today is our last day in Marathon and Ed and I have resigned ourselves to the fact that we won't see a Manatee. Boy, were we wrong.
Yesterday while Ed and I were out, John and Carol saw manatees in the canal behind the house. This morning, John went out back to see if any manatees had returned and there was one.
Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. When the ocean get's cooler the manatees move to warmer water, in our case the canals.
The only part of the manatee that goes above water is the nose when comes up for a breath of fresh air.
Carol and I went out for lunch as Ed and John went to the airport for a "Airplane Dog and Pony Show". The Sunset Grill was our choice for lunch. It's the same restaurant we went to the other night to see the sunset.
The restaurant has a pool and a great view of the 7-mile bridge.
Even the birds enjoy relaxing on the lounge chairs at the restaurant.
The "dog and pony show" consisted of 4 old war birds.
B-25 Mitchell
B-24 Liberator
B-17 Flying Fortress
Belly Gun on the B-17
The B017's cockpit.
Yesterday while Ed and I were out, John and Carol saw manatees in the canal behind the house. This morning, John went out back to see if any manatees had returned and there was one.
Manatees are large, fully aquatic, mostly herbivorous marine mammals sometimes known as sea cows. When the ocean get's cooler the manatees move to warmer water, in our case the canals.
The only part of the manatee that goes above water is the nose when comes up for a breath of fresh air.
Carol and I went out for lunch as Ed and John went to the airport for a "Airplane Dog and Pony Show". The Sunset Grill was our choice for lunch. It's the same restaurant we went to the other night to see the sunset.
The restaurant has a pool and a great view of the 7-mile bridge.
Even the birds enjoy relaxing on the lounge chairs at the restaurant.
The "dog and pony show" consisted of 4 old war birds.
B-25 Mitchell
B-24 Liberator
B-17 Flying Fortress
Belly Gun on the B-17
The B017's cockpit.