I finally got called back about a job so today I went to the
Sea Scape Motel to do an interview with Chris, the owner. I already had been by once to fill out an application after they called me back from the resume I sent through Craigslist. The job is only 6 hours (for sure) a week but 6 hours is better than no hours. After the in
terview I met up with Justin who works at the Florida Wildlife Hospital. He has a Canon XTi which is the newer version of my camera so he said he would help me learn how to work my camera. We went out on his boat and he took me to an island where we saw great horned owls, osprey, and armadillo (my first time seeing armadillo in the wild)! He was amused when I told him that I had only seen armadillo in zoos. Then he kept b
oating around until we found some dolphins and we followed them for a little bit to watch them play. There was a baby in the pod that was positively adorable. We almost saw a manatee but we spooked him before I could actually see him. We went out for a motorcycle ride, he has a pretty black Honda, while waiting for his friends to get off work. Then we went out tubing which was a lot of fun.
I went out tubing with Devin and his best friend Ryan today. We met at Ryan’s dad’s house because he has a dock which goes over this gorgeous, shallow water that you can see all sorts of fish in and out on the river. They guys were silly enough to let me take the jet ski out by myself and of course I managed to get lost. Is there any place I can’t get l
ost? I was having fun trying to hit waves and going in circles and when I started thinking about heading back in I realized I had no idea what the dock looked like or even the faintest idea of where it was. I spent a good deal of time idling up and down the shore looking for it however I was way too far north. Devin paddled out on the kayak to come find and rescue me and get me back to the dock. I took pictures of the animals while the guys were out and I saw a needlefish, stingrays, a conc
h, some kind of bird, dolphins, and a manatee. Sitting on the river reminded me of sitting out on Grandma’s lake. Tubing was a lot of fun and Devin was nice and slowed down when it looked like I was holding on for dear life. He let me pull him on the tube and I was not nearly as nice and I managed to toss him off once. Yet another wonderful day in Florida.
