Days 71, 72

April 20, 2016

No luck getting into Sebastian Inlet State Park,  but we got lucky that the Gal at registration called the Brevard County Park,  Long Point,  1 1/2 miles down the road and they had plenty of sites available.

The little opening in the trees between the picnic table and kayaks is our water access to a cove loaded with manatee. Sites are water and 50 amp electric.

First thing we get into our kayaks and head out on the water with the manatee.   There were at least six,  two were a mom and her calf.   We had great fun kayaking with them all around us.  It was like they were playing hide and seek or peek a boo. I’d be watching where I saw one and two would pop up on the other side of my kayak.   I’d watch there and another would come up somewhere else.  Sorry, out of at least two dozen (phone) shots, above is my best photo, ” a manatee snout”.    We could have stayed with them for hours,  but we are only here for one day and there was a lot more kayaking and hiking to do.  Long Point Park is on it’s own peninsula.  There are clusters of  mangroves to kayak around.

There is a bridge from Long Point to Scout Island.  This is a nice quiet hike with lots of shade and great scenery.

E T met a friend, Jack (Russell).  They tried playing together, but Jack does not walk or run, he hops.  E T was very confused.  Jack smelled like a dog, but hopped like a rabbit.  They spent a great deal of time starring at each other across the couple of empty campsites between ours and theirs.   At one point this Great Blue Heron walked between them and right on past to the water.   The two dogs watched it cross and then went right back to watching each other.

Birds Eye View

We were sitting out after dinner and the clouds started forming this strange pattern.  David explained to me that this was a Mackerel Sky.  The pattern looks like the fish scales on a mackerel.  These clouds are suppose to be a sign of approaching precipitation.  In the morning we had rain showers.

Long Point Park  was a great find.  We are already planning on coming back next year.

Next Stop … Georgia