Kayaking in Crystal River

A week ago, a group of us headed down to Crystal River to Kayak at Three Sisters Spring and out to Kings Bay.  We were hoping the manatees were still hanging around the spring, and there were a few!  The springs are a constant 73 degrees, so when it gets cold, the manatees head for the springs area. Since it was a warmish day (70s) we weren't sure that they would be there. The springs are a very pretty aqua blue, as you can see.  We couldn't of asked for a nicer day!  At the beginning of Kings bay we stopped and had a little lunch, then headed to the Marina and tootled around.  By then we decided it was time to head back to the launch. We had a single manatee swimming along with us, towards the end of the canal. Maybe she/he was just saying...see ya later. 

Vel paddling in the springs area

Dark spots are the manatees

Manatee between kayak and snorkler

Lunch Break

Pelican

Manatee following us out

Manatee and Vel

                     Bottle tree (below)