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dalehall - 2/18/2009 8:48 AM
Hey Tammy..
Just wanted to add my 2 cents here.. We do this trip as a yearly thing for our group.. We hit a Spring on Friday (Dec 08 was Blue Grotto) , do Rainbow River drift on Saturday afternoon and then the manatee snorkel on Sunday morning. Nice relaxing time..
Blue Grotto can get really mucked up if students are there, but once you get past the platform area around Peace Rock or lower, viz is awesome even if Studi are in the platform area.. The BG staf is great and it’s fun dive. Have a goo dlight if you plan on going past Peace Rock.
For Rainbow River, we use American Pro Diving. Their RR drift dive is at 1:00 pm on Saturday and you are done around 4:00 or so. Even though you pay for the drift dive, there is a $3.00 admission fee into the KP Hole Park, so have at least 3 bucks cash for each diver.
For the manatees, we use Bird’s Underwater.. They meet at 0615 on Sunday morning and leave the docks at 0700. You are out there early.. They will take you wherever you have the best chnace to see and interact with manatees. One year it was the Main Spring, one year it was Three Sisters.. Just depends on where they think is the best place to go. We’ve never been disappointed. We are usually done around 1100 and head ot to lucnh while they make the DVD’s of the swim. After we pick those up, we head home.. It’s a GREAT weekend!!
If you have any questions, please feel free to message me.. Enjoy your trip!!!
Dale