Manatees!

Whew! What an interesting day.
We slipped our mooring at Titusville about 7:20 this morning and headed out through a dead calm toward Mosquito Lagoon. After we passed the bridge at Haulover Canal and entered the lagoon, there were manatees everywhere. Dozens! Maybe more. Hundreds? Didn't think there were that many left.
Bev took the helm while I stood on the bow to watch for the graceful, but slow moving critters. You could almost walk from shore to shore on their backs and not get your feet wet. Well, OK, that's hyperbole, but I saw more manatees today than in the last 7 years combined.
We also saw a pair of bald eagles, butterflies, dragonflies, racoons and even a mother dolphin and her young calf.
And people wonder why we live on a boat.
We usually stay in the marina when we're in New Smyrna Beach, but after spending way too much money in Ft. Pierce, we opted for the anchorage at Rockhouse Creek. So far, two other boats have joined us here. Lots of current, but the winds should be light tonight.