{"id":19013,"date":"2014-04-18T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=19013"},"modified":"2014-04-18T14:04:15","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T18:04:15","slug":"a-moment-with-manatees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/a-moment-with-manatees\/","title":{"rendered":"A Moment With Manatees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"manatee nose\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19016\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/a-moment-with-manatees\/manatee-nose\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397826252&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;manatee nose&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"manatee nose\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;manatee nose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;manatee nose&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19016 aligncenter\" title=\"manatee nose\" alt=\"manatee nose\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-nose-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happiness continued&#8230; We were surrounded by MANATEES!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"manatee near sup board\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/a-moment-with-manatees\/manatee-near-sup-board\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,435\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397826617&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;manatee near sup board&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"manatee near sup board\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;manatee near sup board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;manatee near sup board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19015 aligncenter\" title=\"manatee near sup board\" alt=\"manatee near sup board\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1-300x217.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/manatee-near-sup-board-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We took our kayak and SUP board (stand up paddle board) out in the roosevelt channel on Captiva Island for an awesome water adventure and boy did we find one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"hayley lori on sup board\" href=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/a-moment-with-manatees\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397562921&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;KIRBY RAMBO COLLECTIONS INC&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00032605151613955&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;hayley lori on sup board&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hayley lori on sup board\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;hayley lori on sup board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;hayley lori on sup board&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19014 aligncenter\" title=\"hayley lori on sup board\" alt=\"hayley lori on sup board\" src=\"http:\/\/static.iloveshelling.com\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hayley-lori-on-sup-board.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we paddled around the channel, several MANATEES came over to check us out. They were just a curious about us and we were of them! Wanna see? Hop on board with us and enjoy the view without getting wet by clicking on the video&#8230;\u00a0<!--YouTube Error: bad URL entered--><\/p>\n<p>PS- There are plenty of places to rent SUP boards and kayaks on Captiva. For info at South Seas Island Resort <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southseas.com\/resort-activities\/water-activities-en.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happiness continued&#8230; We were surrounded by MANATEES! We took our kayak and SUP board (stand up paddle board) out in the roosevelt channel on Captiva Island for an awesome water adventure and boy did we find one. As we paddled around the channel, several MANATEES came over to check us out. They were just a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1997],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manatee","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Nubb-4WF","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19013"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19019,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19013\/revisions\/19019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}