Another day at Suwannee River. We took a side trip to Manatee Springs where they also have an elevated wood walkway through the swamp. We did not see a single manatee but did get pictures of two water moccasins that had hauled themselves out of the water onto floating logs. One of the moccasins was big (maybe 5′) and the other one was about the size of a pencil about 15” long. They are impressive but not cute.
After not seeing any manatees at Manatee State Park, we drove out to the town of Suwannee on the Gulf of Mexico. We found a restaurant in town that had great seafood where Peg had a shrimp Po-boy with real good french fries but crummy cole slaw. I had the seafood combo of fried shrimp and grouper with fries and everything was tip-top. We cannot remember the name of the restaurant but since it is the only place in town, I suppose it would be hard to go wrong.
We took a little spin through Suwannee which is quite scenic in a strange way. There are mostly little houses that have canals in their back yards where everyone keeps their motor boats in little boat houses with boat lifts. It is a pretty nice part of the world here where fresh water bumps into the gulf’s salt water.
We headed back to the campground to prep for departure tomorrow morning.