Dec. 3..... While pruning the bushes for the neighbour I noticed this dolphin in the bay. Snapped these shots and then a short while later I spotted a cow and calf manatee basking on the surface soaking up the sun. I launched the kayak after putting the fannypack containing the camera around my neck to keep it dry. As I got closer I opened the pack and put the camera on my lap. It then slid off my lap and into the water in the bottom of the kayak. One year and over a 1,000 pictures later it died. I figured that was the end of the blogger and the camera had contained the sailing pictures which I hadn't downloaded. I ended up getting a new camera w/ a 10 power zoom and 5 mg so I'm back in business. I took the memory stick out of the old Kodak and lo and behold it worked so I was able to enter the following two blogs. Only 5 more days to go so the countdown is on.