Monday, January 13, 2014

Homossasa

We all met at Diane and Don's for our ride to Homosassa which is a Florida State Park with animals.


 Tom, Diane, Don, Diane
 
Marilyn, Terry, Don, Diane

We got there in time to ride the little boat to where the animals are and were in time for the manatee feeding and lecture.




The manatees do well in warm water and there are four manatees in captivity here.

We next went to see the hippo, Lu, whose birthday is January 24th should you be in the area and want to celebrate with him.  When it was time for his feeding he was not interested and stayed in his laying position.  When Terry and I were here a few years ago, that was the only position that we saw him in.


He's a big boy!
 
 
Don't mess with me!
 
 
We were hungry after watching the manatees being fed and watching Lu, who refused to get up even though a banana and an apple were tossed at him by one of the park volunteers.
 
 
Diane and Tom knew of a restaurant called the Freezer that looks as if it was an old fish packing building.  The name is NOT on the building and we would have passed it up.  We had peel and eat shrimp and it was wonderful.  However, I tried the butter sauce, or I should say my sweater set tried the butter sauce.  I just washed it and you can still see the stains on the sweater.  Terry says we'll go to Michaels and get something glitzy to cover it!
 
 



 
 
 
 
Since our hands had been stamped, we could reenter the park.  So after lunch, we went back to the park and went to see the birds.
 









 
 
 
Lu decided to get up!
 
 
 
We drove back to Diane and Don's and all went our separate ways.  Terry did some work and I took a  nap before eating a salad.  I have a Township meeting tonight and will call in shortly.
 






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