On July 10, the stake had it's annual picnic lunch. We meet at Manatee Springs, a little over an hour away from here, and eat and play and swim. The springs here are cold. All year round, they stay a constant 72 (or was it 74) degrees. Cold, cold, cold. Anyhow, last year, the kids flat refused to get in the water once they felt it. We thought we'd try it again. So, after eating lunch, we headed over to the little dock to walk down into the springs and go for a swim. This year, we pulled them into the water. Again, they wanted nothing to do with it. After some crying and complaining and begging to get out, we left. Oh well. It's hard to go from swimming in a warm pool to swimming in a cold, cold spring. I'd say maybe next year, but hopefully, we will be somewhere else, so maybe not.
On the way over to the dock, we saw this sign. Makes us feel like smart swimmers, doesn't it? Fortunately, alligators don't like to be near a lot of people making a lot of noise, so I hear, so we felt pretty safe. There were no encounters with any, so maybe they're right on this one.
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