We were on the 21st floor balcony of a hotel in PCB last night- saw stingrays, a couple of sharks (between first and second sandbars), and a manatee! Now THAT was cool- I have heard about the manatees being here and there, but had not seen one yet! When we first saw it, we thought it was a super fat shark or a large weird shaped turtle, but then realized that it was a manatee.
That view of the gulf from way up is wonderful!
Isn't it?? A huge part of our visits down there constitute looking down from a high condo balcony to see whats hanging out, especially early in the morning. I almost always see sharks cruising around. Never a manatee, though. They hang around the marina all day down in Captiva. They look like huge potatoes!!!!!