another drop in the bucket.

a second thing on our bucket list was to see these...




the world famous weeki wachee mermaids.




I have to admit, I was perhaps more excited than the kids about this one.








not known to us, it was the 65th anniversary of the mermaids, so instead of seeing the mermaids we were expecting, we saw the mermaids of yesteryear perform....but they were still amazing.




this one said "mom, those are not real mermaids."




this one on the right said, "mom, when can we go to the water park?"




but this one was totally in awe...speechless...entranced by the mermaids.




and this one on the left was pretty excited about getting his picture taken with the mermaids.




the park is built on a spring. so we swam in the fresh spring water.




a real treat to swim in fresh water in florida.




but some refused to swim due to the 70 degree water temperature...mind you, that's 21 degrees cooler than the gulf.








cross that one off the list.