Over the River........

And through the woods! Last Friday we made a trip to Brazos Bend State Park. Although it wasn't the kind of woods we are used to it was still very pretty and we all had a great time. And I must say, at nearly 6 months pregnant I didn't mind the flat terrain "hiking". Okay, sorry this is still on it's side. I forgot to turn it and if I take the time to change it I won't finish this blog before I need to leave. Look at the size of that tree trunk! All three of the kids thought this was very cool and had fun playing on it and resting part way through our walk.
Yes, this is still the State Park and yes that is an alligator. And as far as alligators go, a small one. A foot or two of its tail is sticking out onto the trail while it just sits there in the sun getting warm. To get around it we had to go back behind it and were probably withing 5-6 feet of the tip of its tail. The kids weren't even scared!!!! I kept trying to shush them and I they couldn't figure out why I was trying to get them to stay as far away as possible.
Here we are about 15 feet from the alligator. I didn't want to get any closer to pose for a picture since all I had running through my mind at this point was how hard I could fight if it attacked! But, it was a well mannered beast and just laid there. Thank goodness!!
We all had a great time Brazos Bend. We saw several alligators on our "hike" , a turtle, and even a cardinal (red bird). At the nature center the kids, expecially Carly couldn't get enough of petting the live snake and the 8 mos old baby alligators. Come visit us and we'll take you for your very own gator trip! See you later alligator!