Have you been to Blue Spring
State Park in Florida?
It's a wonderful place to visit and we got a chance to spend a beautiful
day there last week. Blue Spring
State Park covers more than
2,600 acres, including the largest spring on the St. Johns
River. As a designated Manatee Refuge, Blue Spring
State Park is the winter
home to West Indian Manatees seeking warm water refuge during the winter.
If you'd like to learn more about Manatees, please visit the Save
the Manatee Club web site.
They are currently airing live streaming of the manatees at the
park.
In addition to manatee
sightings, we were captivated by the shore birds along the St.
Johns River. The shore
birds are plentiful and stunning. We saw
Great Blue Herons, Snowy Egrets, Wood Storks, Cormorants and many more.
One Great Blue Heron treated
us to a view of his local lunch.
This was an amazing feat to
witness, with the Great Blue Heron fighting to conquer the large fish (I think
it was a Black Crappie), and never giving up. We left him with
his prize, thankful for this special glimpse of the natural world.
Is
there a lesson for local foodies here? Not sure….perhaps it’s a
reminder to fight the good fight in protecting and supporting your local food
system. And a reminder that nature knows best: eat green,
eat healthy, eat natural and eat local.
In addition to manatee
sightings, we were captivated by the shore birds along the 
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