March 9, 2010 – Manatee Springs State Park

Just after leaving Bradenton, we had two minor electrical failures.  Ultimately, after an hour of trial and error, we discovered a 20 amp fuse had blown.  Unfortunately, we had only 5, 10, 15, 25 and 30 amp fuses.  But only minutes later we stumbled across a Wal-Mart Superstore and were back in business.

We arrived at a surprisingly beautiful Manatee Springs State park.

After hooking up to our electric and water (no cable TV or wireless Internet), we took a walk down the Spring after which the park is named.  It’s a fascinating place.  The spring is up to 25′ deep but the water is crystal clear!

There were a number of signs directing visitors as to the best spots to enter the water to take a swim.  However, after spotting …

Debbie, having obviously lost her adventuresome spirit, decided taking a dip was not on her agenda! 

Close by, there was a sink hole in which divers will explore many subterranean caves under the park.  Would you dive in here?

Aside from scores of squirrels …

 our first glimpse of the wild life were the Mullets which suddenly leap out of the spring’s water for reasons not fully understood (best shot I could get) 

and large flocks of black vultures.

 

However, the best was to come the following morning.

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