Comments on: Swimming With The Manatees in Crystal River, Florida http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/ Discovering the world, one culture at a time Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-21176 Anonymous Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-21176 Hi Szq: Thanks so much for sharing that tidbit! I am delighted to learn that Three Sisters has been saved. Hi Szq: Thanks so much for sharing that tidbit! I am delighted to learn that Three Sisters has been saved.

]]> By: szq http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-21175 szq Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-21175 Happen to come across this blog while searching for couponing advice in crystal river, of all things. I am a resident in " the home of the manatees ", I even see Capt Wayne on the water sometimes. Just wanted to let you know that Three Sisters has been saved! It is now managed by the national wildlife refuge and the manatees are doing fine. We had a record count of manatees in crystal river just about a month ago - 658. Glad you enjoyed your manatee experience. Happen to come across this blog while searching for couponing advice in crystal river, of all things. I am a resident in ” the home of the manatees “, I even see Capt Wayne on the water sometimes. Just wanted to let you know that Three Sisters has been saved! It is now managed by the national wildlife refuge and the manatees are doing fine. We had a record count of manatees in crystal river just about a month ago – 658. Glad you enjoyed your manatee experience.

]]> By: psychic email readings uk http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-20674 psychic email readings uk Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:54:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-20674 they look so friendly! :) they look so friendly! :)

]]> By: Guest http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-19371 Guest Mon, 30 May 2011 15:04:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-19371 we went on this excursion with the same Capt. and I don't know how in the world we could have such a different opinions.  Our pictures were blurry, fog in the camera lense on some, on the video you see tons of pictures of people that was not even us (he didn't even realize it until our daughter said something), blurry picture of a turtle, river otter, us, did our video backwards by mistake but tried to cover it and said he thought they were more interesting that way, zoomed in and out and around on our video recording so our DVD looks stupid.  Flipped back and forth of a picture of our daughter to a turtle probably 6 times in our DVD - again stupid.  I'm actually ashamed to show our family the video because I'm going to have to explain the first 10 mintues of it is not our family yet we were the only on the boat with him.  Boat stopped working 3 times on the water.  Even have a picture of his truck in our video - why?? Over exposed, wrong subject, blurry pictures, barked orders at us the entire time.  Loved the manatees!  Would pick a different Capt. for this trip.  NEVER go with him. we went on this excursion with the same Capt. and I don’t know how in the world we could have such a different opinions.  Our pictures were blurry, fog in the camera lense on some, on the video you see tons of pictures of people that was not even us (he didn’t even realize it until our daughter said something), blurry picture of a turtle, river otter, us, did our video backwards by mistake but tried to cover it and said he thought they were more interesting that way, zoomed in and out and around on our video recording so our DVD looks stupid.  Flipped back and forth of a picture of our daughter to a turtle probably 6 times in our DVD – again stupid.  I’m actually ashamed to show our family the video because I’m going to have to explain the first 10 mintues of it is not our family yet we were the only on the boat with him.  Boat stopped working 3 times on the water.  Even have a picture of his truck in our video – why?? Over exposed, wrong subject, blurry pictures, barked orders at us the entire time.  Loved the manatees!  Would pick a different Capt. for this trip.  NEVER go with him.

]]> By: Guest http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-19372 Guest Mon, 30 May 2011 15:04:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-19372 we went on this excursion with the same Capt. and I don't know how in the world we could have such a different opinions.  Our pictures were blurry, fog in the camera lense on some, on the video you see tons of pictures of people that was not even us (he didn't even realize it until our daughter said something), blurry picture of a turtle, river otter, us, did our video backwards by mistake but tried to cover it and said he thought they were more interesting that way, zoomed in and out and around on our video recording so our DVD looks stupid.  Flipped back and forth of a picture of our daughter to a turtle probably 6 times in our DVD - again stupid.  I'm actually ashamed to show our family the video because I'm going to have to explain the first 10 mintues of it is not our family yet we were the only on the boat with him.  Boat stopped working 3 times on the water.  Even have a picture of his truck in our video - why?? Over exposed, wrong subject, blurry pictures, barked orders at us the entire time.  Loved the manatees!  Would pick a different Capt. for this trip.  NEVER go with him. we went on this excursion with the same Capt. and I don’t know how in the world we could have such a different opinions.  Our pictures were blurry, fog in the camera lense on some, on the video you see tons of pictures of people that was not even us (he didn’t even realize it until our daughter said something), blurry picture of a turtle, river otter, us, did our video backwards by mistake but tried to cover it and said he thought they were more interesting that way, zoomed in and out and around on our video recording so our DVD looks stupid.  Flipped back and forth of a picture of our daughter to a turtle probably 6 times in our DVD – again stupid.  I’m actually ashamed to show our family the video because I’m going to have to explain the first 10 mintues of it is not our family yet we were the only on the boat with him.  Boat stopped working 3 times on the water.  Even have a picture of his truck in our video – why?? Over exposed, wrong subject, blurry pictures, barked orders at us the entire time.  Loved the manatees!  Would pick a different Capt. for this trip.  NEVER go with him.

]]> By: Anonymous http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-19102 Anonymous Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:22:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-19102 Hi Barry: Thanks so much for letting me know. Haven't heard a word from Capt. Wayne since I did the trip myself. Glad to know he's still operating and that you had such a great time. Barbara Weibel Writer/Photographer Blog: holeinthedonut.com Photo Library: easywebsite.net Twitter: @holeinthedonut LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaraweibel Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/barbara.weibel Skype: barbara.weibel Hi Barry: Thanks so much for letting me know. Haven’t heard a word from Capt. Wayne since I did the trip myself. Glad to know he’s still operating and that you had such a great time.

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]]> By: barry http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-19101 barry Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:33:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-19101 just thought you would like to know.My wife and I just got back from Florida and did indeed enjoy a awsome day with Capt. Wayne.He is a great great man.Three sister springs is doing well and there is no development there as of yet. We will treasure our day with the Capt forever. just thought you would like to know.My wife and I just got back from Florida and did indeed enjoy a awsome day with Capt. Wayne.He is a great great man.Three sister springs is doing well and there is no development there as of yet.
We will treasure our day with the Capt forever.

]]> By: Anonymous http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-18068 Anonymous Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:16:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-18068 Hi Lara: Thanks so much for your kind note. So glad you enjoyed reading my blog. It's my passion, so it helps me to know that it's actually being read. Please feel free to use the image you referenced. I would appreciate it if you would provide the following attribution: Photo by Barbara Weibel at Hole In The Donut Cultural Travel The link address to use is http://holeinthedonut.com Best of luck with your new site. Regards, Barbara Weibel Hi Lara:
Thanks so much for your kind note. So glad you enjoyed reading my blog. It’s
my passion, so it helps me to know that it’s actually being read.

Please feel free to use the image you referenced. I would appreciate it if
you would provide the following attribution:
Photo by Barbara Weibel at Hole In The Donut Cultural
Travel
The link address to use is http://holeinthedonut.com
Best of luck with your new site.
Regards,
Barbara Weibel

]]> By: Lara http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-18058 Lara Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:04:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-18058 Dear Barbara, I found your wonderful blog while hunting for interesting photos for one of our projects - we are helping our client transition his 110-acre farm on the Albemarle Sound to a conservation park. During an image search, your image 'Roped off manatee sanctuary at the mouth of Three Sisters Springs' spoke to us! May we use this image in our document with a photo credit to you and your blog? (We are working on a web presence for this project as well, which should be ready for viewing in 2 weeks or so.) I've subsequently enjoyed reading your blog posts - this one in particular struck a chord - I'm from Tallahassee, and during a recent visit back, our family went to Wakulla Springs, which now host manatees! (and there were some intrepid folks swimming with them during our visit!) Similar story...Wakulla Springs has suffered greatly from surrounding development. Thank you for your wonderful writing and photos! Best, Lara Dear Barbara,

I found your wonderful blog while hunting for interesting photos for one of our projects – we are helping our client transition his 110-acre farm on the Albemarle Sound to a conservation park. During an image search, your image ‘Roped off manatee sanctuary at the mouth of Three Sisters Springs’ spoke to us! May we use this image in our document with a photo credit to you and your blog? (We are working on a web presence for this project as well, which should be ready for viewing in 2 weeks or so.)

I’ve subsequently enjoyed reading your blog posts – this one in particular struck a chord – I’m from Tallahassee, and during a recent visit back, our family went to Wakulla Springs, which now host manatees! (and there were some intrepid folks swimming with them during our visit!) Similar story…Wakulla Springs has suffered greatly from surrounding development.

Thank you for your wonderful writing and photos!

Best,

Lara

]]> By: LYN http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-17607 LYN Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:56:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-17607 They are seriously cute in their own kind of way. They are seriously cute in their own kind of way.

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]]> By: River Ventures http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-12840 River Ventures Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:34:29 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-12840 Nice video, well done! Nice video, well done!

]]> By: River Ventures http://holeinthedonut.com/2009/03/17/swimming-with-manatees-crystal-river-florida/comment-page-1/#comment-15163 River Ventures Fri, 06 Aug 2010 11:34:00 +0000 http://holeinthedonut.com/?p=5922#comment-15163 Nice video, well done! Nice video, well done!

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