Robby--Here's a suggestion for Florida, one of the coolest things I've ever done, and January/February is prime time to do it:� swim with the manatees in Crystal River, Florida (Gulf Coast side).� Several tour operators (I used "Bird's Dive Shop"); costs about $50 each altogether for pontoon boat tour, snorkeling gear and full wetsuit.� They leave at dawn when the water is super clear; plenty of manatees to observe and even rub their bellies.� At the end of the tour, they take you to one of those crystal-clear springs, sometimes more manatees there....awesome.� Highly recommended; but the season is short (late October thru February) but you're there right now!

Rich
San Diego

--- On Tue, 1/25/11, Robby <robbykilborn@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: Robby <robbykilborn@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trip report -- Florida Keys, State Parks, and Repairs
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 4:10 PM

Harold, I'm in Tampa right now and off to the Keys and then up & over
toward California. Any suggestions for Florida?

Robby
Sent from on the road somewhere.

On 2011-01-25, at 3:14 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> Very nice trip Harold, I'm envious. But not envious of the slop you
> have on the plates, what the heck is it?
>
> :)
>
> alistair
>
>
> On 25-Jan-11, at 12:54 PM, Harold Teer wrote:
>
>> On the 19th of Dec, my wife and I left Harrisonburg, VA for a trip to