Spring is in the air

Saturday Feb 19th

Yes!  The warm weather has arrived.  Got the top down and rolling.

Even took the canoe out yesterday on a small lake with Judy.  I sure wished that I had not forgotten to bring a camera along. 

We had taken lunch and ate it lake side, then fished from the bank with no results, so we decided to put the boat in and see what was around the bend of the pond.

It was beautifull.  Mirror lake with various greens and whites from the moss reflecting in the water against an solid deep blue sky. 

We drifed around the corner, and found that the lake went deeper into the country side.  As we drifted in closer to the far shore, I watched "a log" slowly dissapear under the surface. 

Looking further, I saw three more logs with just their eyes and snout sticking above the surface.

Yes!  They were not logs, but small 5 ft gators.  And yes, the breaks went on!

Doing a 180, I scanned the bank further to the West. 

There, shining like a long, green emerald, was at least an 8 ft, momma gator sunning herself.

We waisted no time in letting them have their lake property to themselves, but thanked them mentaly for the visit.  It is one thing to see gators on tv, behind a fence, and quite another to STUMBLE on a young family in the wild, while being on the water for only the second time in a brand new canoe.  You can well imagine the use of the term, Wide Birth.

I have since asked them mentally, that since I now know that they are there, would be ok to pay a return visit with my camera and maybe do a family group photograph..

Momma gave me a wide open smile and said,

                            "U'all come back real soon now, ya hear"

                                     

Time will tell with the visit of family if I can make that happen. 

Spring is on the way.  Get out and see what you can find....just don't forget your camera's.

CUL

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