After the Tallahassee Museum, we met J's sister Lauren and her fiancé for lunch, and then J's dad took us all to Wakulla Springs. Last time we were in Florida, we kayaked a little further down the spring, and this time we went on a boat tour right at the beginning. We were very lucky; apparently sometimes people go the entire tour and only see a few animals, but the river seemed almost crowded with animal life on our tour. Of course, we had an unfair advantage, because Mike and Lauren were very good at spotting all the animals.
We saw alligators of all shapes and sizes (mostly huge).
The water was so beautiful with reeds growing all around. I'm sure that there were many creatures hiding in them.
We spotted an entire family of alligators resting on the shore.
There were multitudes of stunning birds, including this white ibis.
We saw this mother and baby manatee, relaxing in the water. They are such amazing animals.
This cormorant and turtle looked like they were intentionally posing for our pictures, and then a manatee was thoughtful enough to drift over so its tail was in the shot as well (to the far right). Very cool.
Can you spot the alligator? Apparently, they like to make these little coves off the side of the river, where they can hide out of sight until something delicious passes by.
On this sign, you can see the beautiful manor house, where we had a delicious chocolate malt with Mike and Lauren.
Happy father and son. They really look so much alike!
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