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 This may be hard to do tonight

    No, not because of the margarita I had at Margaritaville.  Or Emily's rum something that she did not like.

    But the outlet where I recharge the PC does not seem to work, so I am standing at the kitchen counter and hitting a lot of wrong keys!@

    Today we drove up to Marathon to the turtle rescue group.  We learned about the 5 types of sea turtles found in Florida waters and the impact humans have had on them.

    Turtles have been rescued here because they have eaten plastics, been hit by boats, become entangled in fishing line or have a disease they can get from eating contaminated  sea grass.  Contaminated by chemicals we put into the water.

    Some of the turtles are rehabilitated and released.  Some are not able to survive in the wild, so they may go to zoos or aquariums. Some are kept at the turtle hospital. Unfortunately, some are too severely damaged to be helped.

    It was very enlightening.

    Next we went to a tarpon feeding place.  For $5 you get a small bucket of fish and can lean over the water and feed tarpon.  Tarpon have very sharp teeth, and if your hand  gets too close to the water they will bite. A pelican took a fish right out of Emily's hand!!  I was supposed to be protecting her, but I was looking at the birds on the left and this one came from the right.  Quick as a flash of lightening.

    Another lady got bit by a pelican when it grabbed the fish from her hand.

    As a bonus, there were several manatees in the area.  They were pretty cool but almost impossible t to photograph because they do not pose.

    We finished off the night at Margaritaville, where I had a cheese burger and a margaritga.  And Emily's rum.

    I think I will sleep well tonight.

    Early day tomorrow......heading out to the Dry Tortugas.

Peace and Love

    

And more pictures

Due to my lack of technical skills, these are not in any order

Key deer

More key deer...totally unafraid of humans.  About the size of a greyhound

food for the tarpon

baby sea turtle the man

Movie theater is now a Walgreen's

Car Emily rented was a little small

manatee sticking nose up to breath

thief!!

Chemicals in sea grass cause growths on green sea turtles.  The growths are removed and the area treated at the hospital.  If the turtle responds well, they get released  after a few month.