Thursday, November 21
Hi Joseph,
Arrived in Pompano Beach on Saturday the 16th at 5:00 PM via USPS. The trip was a little bumpy but pleasant.
The weather has been great, so I was able to go to the beach every day. There was a possibility of showers today, so we went sightseeing. I saw my first manatee. A manatee is a marine mammal that looks like a seal except it has a flattened tail like a whale. Manatees love the hot waters around Florida and when the waters get a little cooler in the winter, they travel inland for a source of warm water. They can do that because they can live in salt or fresh water. Adults can reach 15 feet long and weigh over 3,000 pounds. They can live over 50 years. They are gentle and curious, sometimes popping up their heads next to boats to check the company. They like to play, chasing each other and rolling over and over. They sleep on the bottom of shallow waters, slowly surfacing every few minutes for air. It is said that Christopher Columbus mistook a manatee for a mermaid and concluded that mermaids were not as beautiful as he had been led to believe! Their only enemy is boat propellers. The entire state of Florida has been declared an official manatee sanctuary.
Wish you were here.
I'm off to California later this evening. From one coast to the other!
Your friend,
Bobby Bear
Hi Joseph,
Arrived in Pompano Beach on Saturday the 16th at 5:00 PM via USPS. The trip was a little bumpy but pleasant.
The weather has been great, so I was able to go to the beach every day. There was a possibility of showers today, so we went sightseeing. I saw my first manatee. A manatee is a marine mammal that looks like a seal except it has a flattened tail like a whale. Manatees love the hot waters around Florida and when the waters get a little cooler in the winter, they travel inland for a source of warm water. They can do that because they can live in salt or fresh water. Adults can reach 15 feet long and weigh over 3,000 pounds. They can live over 50 years. They are gentle and curious, sometimes popping up their heads next to boats to check the company. They like to play, chasing each other and rolling over and over. They sleep on the bottom of shallow waters, slowly surfacing every few minutes for air. It is said that Christopher Columbus mistook a manatee for a mermaid and concluded that mermaids were not as beautiful as he had been led to believe! Their only enemy is boat propellers. The entire state of Florida has been declared an official manatee sanctuary.
Wish you were here.
I'm off to California later this evening. From one coast to the other!
Your friend,
Bobby Bear
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