See Ya' Later Alligator!
Maybe I Won't Go Fishing Again
January 16, 2013
On my way home from work, I stopped at my favorite park on the Little Econ River to sit awhile and watch the ibis, lots of ibis, splashing and walking around in the water.
I parked my car, walked a few yards across a bike/jogging path to sit at a picnic bench near the bank of the river. I've done this lots of times and have written about it.
Today, I looked across the river, about 100 yards wide, to see if other ibis were on the other side, as they usually are. Nope. No ibis. So I sat and relaxed, and enjoyed watching, just watching.
After about 15 minutes, I stood up to leave when something caught my eye across the river. There was a long, long alligator swimming slowly upstream, right next to the bank of the river. I could see its huge head, its curved back, and its long tail moving slowly, slowly. Finally it slid under some overhanging cypress branches. Then it just waited, its 12-foot long dinosaur body just waited.
This gave me pause for thought: Do you suppose this huge alligator sometimes swims on the side of the river where all of the nature lovers hang out? I think I already know this answer. Yes, of course.
So, I'm thinking that if that gigantic creature is part of my nature dream, I may have to rethink my dream. Maybe I'll do my fishing from a very large boat next time.
