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Category: Florida

  • Manatee Festival and The Crab Plant-Crystal River-Florida

    Manatee Festival and The Crab Plant-Crystal River-Florida

    While swimming with manatees, we learn that we have inadvertently scheduled our visit during the weekend of Florida’s Annual Manatee Festival. As we didn’t have a strict schedule for the weekend, we  join in the fun. I must admit that I’m initially disappointed as we enter the Manatee Festival. In my imagination, I expect the…

  • Swimming with Manatees – Crystal River, Florida

    Swimming with Manatees – Crystal River, Florida

    We are up and out of our hotel room before light touches the sky. At the Plantation Dive Shop, we check in and are placed in a group with two other couples. Per the swimming with manatees regulations, we watch a video about the manatee swim dos and dont’ss. In the outdoor changing area, I…