Yesterday afternoon I stopped at Manatee Bridge in Stuart, Florida, as seen in the photograph above, to see if there were any manatees around. Sadly, there weren't. I drive past this bridge almost every day, but did not realize it was considered a tourist attraction until reading about it on the internet after I got home. One person commented on that internet site that she stopped there once and saw 30 manatees in the water. Another person counted 17. Manatee season here in South Florida runs from November 15th (exactly 11 days ago) thru March 31st, and so evidently, those manatees are not paying attention to their calendars. Of course, the reason they travel here is to seek warmer water, and it is only when the water turns colder in Florida that they seek their favorite "hot" spots, such as Manatee Lagoon down in West Palm Beach, located right next to a Florida Power and Light facility, and evidently, the Manatee Bridge right here in Stuart, too. On the bright side, depending on your point of view, a disruption in the polar vortex might set the stage for a cold, snowy December in the Northern Hemisphere. Which is bad news for the rest of the country, but good news for manatee watchers down here.
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