Due to a heat wave, most of the manatees had gone out to the Gulf to feed, but Captain Ron said he would do everything possible to find some for us to see. And he did it. He was honest and up-front with us about the fact that most of the manatees had moved out, at least temporarily, and gave us the option to cancel. We decided to go with it, and I'm glad we did. We didn't see herds of manatees, but we did see several and got face to face. Lauren (Captain Ron's assistant) was great. Lauren took my grand daughter by the hand and Chloe had an AMAZING experience. She could hear the manatees crunching the plants they were eating. One brushed her foot with it's nose. We then went to Three Sisters Springs, which is absolutely beautiful. Lauren took great photos and videos, which we were able to view at the end of the trip.