And I think I saw him giggle.

I am so in love. In November, I’m not voting for the candidate with the best economic plan, but the one who’ll promise to SAVE THE MANATEES. After traveling a looong 6 hours on the way from Miami to TX, we stopped in Crystal River, FL so we could wake up the next morning at 5:30am and swim with the Manatees.

In the lake at 7am with a warm rain falling on my back, swimming between Darwin and a live manatee was an experience that rates right up there with being born.

The captain/guide/camerawoman filmed the entire dive.  Some highlights: @ :45 me getting sidelined by a small boy, @ 1:20 the small boy’s father stepping on a manatee, @ 2:10 a baby manatee nursing, @ 2:20 the swim to freshwater springs, @ 3:40 one long-necked turtle.
{song is Oviedo by Blind Pilot}