I was back out at the Manatee Viewing Center in February, a week after I had visited with my sister. I had a friend who had never been so we headed over while it was still cold and the canal had tons of manatees keeping warm from the warm water coming off the electric plant. We went straight out to the 2nd dock and there were tons of them in front of the dock. It was also busy with people for a weekday.

So many of them huddled in the warm water.

Watching them float by the dock. A lot of them had boat scratches on their backs.

Some had barnacles on their backs. The one above had algae growing on the barnacles.

It’s fun to watch them turn over and their snouts stick out.

Two floating potatoes passing each other.

The water is clear here and we could see the little fishies going by.