Gators!

[lokheed]

One thing I forgot to mention in last night's post:  As we were driving into the apartment complex, Kris spotted a gator sunning on the bank of one of the retention ponds that flank our apartment entrance.  At first glance I couldn't tell for sure if it was really a gator, or if it was just a trick of light and shadows.  We pulled around and parked in the lot directly adjascent to the pond, and Kris pulled out her binoculars to take a closer look.  (Trust me - it was on the far side of the pond, and I have no intention of getting physically close to any large reptillian predators.)  Sure enough, it was about a six foot gator sunning itself right at the edge of the foliage next to the pond.  Looking a little further, there appeared to be a second gator actually floating in the middle of the pond with it's eyes just above the water line.  In the year and a half that I have lived here, it's the first time I have seen a wild gator outside of the Alligator Alley.  As near as I can figure, they are being displaced here because of the land clearing and construction that has been happening in the lots right next to the complex.  Where once there was a large bit of scrub and marsh land, now there are tractors and earth movers and no trees.  I'll take a wander down to the pond at lunchtime to take another look to see if they are still around.  It's really pretty dang cool, so long as there is a good hundred yards between me and the gator....

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[damashita.livejournal.com]

EEEK!

no swimming outside of pools for me when i come to visit!