Manatee Springs State Park in Florida is one of the places where the manatee go to spend the winter months in the warm spring waters. However, we were not lucky enough to see any. We did watch a group of young fellas go swimming in the Springs though. This park had some of the largest cyprus knees that we've seen anywhere. The knees are actually part of the trees root system that helps to stabilize the trees in the unstable sandy soil.
The inlet where Manatee Springs originate flow out to the Swuannee River. The boardwalk actually goes from the Springs out to the river. Along the way we found a nesting place of the Turkey Buzzards, down near the mouth of the inlet. This was a very nice park with lots of walking trails. I had noticed the red trees on our travels and this is the first one that was seen up close. The red turned out to be seeds hanging from the branches and not leaves as I originally thought.
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