A day at the Lagoon

Here in Vero Beach we are lucky to live about 5 miles from the ocean and even closer to the beautiful Indian River. About 20 miles North of here is the Sebastian Inlet State Park. There is a small cove/lagoon where the water is calm clear and about 3 feet at its deepest and full of all kinds of amazing sea life. So we went on an adventure this morning... The boys were up and ready to go early, as Carly and I considered calling it off and hitting Wal Mart instead, but we knew the outdoors would be a better plan so we dragged ourselves up and out, located our swim suits, water shoes, sun block and a couple of snapples and off we went-in the car by 8:30 AM. Once there I was so glad we did it. The weather was just beautiful with an ocean breeze on one side and the river on the other, boats were going in and out of the inlet and the planes were flying low. While we were there we tried to dig for clams and/or catch crabs for dinner but had no such luck. We actually did catch 2 crabs and while Taylor said "lets cook em up" Carly and I decided to throw them back in, they were reeeeeeally small...After we gave up our dinner plans we decided to grab the goggles and check out the lagoon. We were actually swimming about 6 feet away from a Manatee. We also saw some cat fish, a baby sting ray and  tons and tons of jelly fish. We watched the pelicans dive for fish and saw the egrets and cranes flying through as well. A great hands on compliment to the last couple of weeks of Ocean and Sea Creatures lessons- Some pics for your visual enjoyment...