There were some of these.
Starkly clear message.
"Keep Your Distance."
... Oh, all right, if I have to ...
A Pure Florida potpourri.
So where was I?
This week's posts will share more, but I may have to rename this blog, "Pure Alligator".
It's gonna be gatory here for a few days.
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Not being particularly familiar with Florida parks and sanctuaries I won't venture a guess.
However, I am pretty sure it wasn't New York. lol
I am thinking that Albert and Alberta live close to here.
Looks like Payne's Prairie!
Only in Florida...
Proving once again that great minds think alike, I posted about alligators today, too! 'Tis the season.
Wherever you were, you were probably too close to the gator :)
Gotta love Spring in Florida.
marge
Aha, La Chua Trail, on the north end of Paynes Prairie! One of my favorite places!
The other day, I saw a little gator (about two feet long) on the trail there; it was curious about some of us humans on the trail, and was walking towards us as if to check us out. So watch where you step out there!
Dang, and I was excited yesterday when I saw a buffalo herd (can't roller skate) and 3 ostriches, both groups with babies. I gotta get over there and see those wild hoses.
LOL, my word today is uneyed.
Well, FC,
I tried to go there (La Chua Trail?) during my recent Coastal Florida Tour 2009, but couldn't get a motel room because of something called Gator Nationals. Not even at the overpriced Hilton across from the Art and NH Museum. Or 20 miles up the road. I was dead tired and gave up. My last post details the recent trip through the Everglades, Keys, etc. Apparently I have a real knack for bad timing, but I did see plenty of gators - some were nekked - of both kinds. ;-)
I can't decide which was my favorite - the one waiting in stealth for unwary canooers at the Turner River Canoe Launch, or the wet T-shirt contest winner in Key West.
I was going to guess Punta Gorda but then I remembered you don't consider anything South of Ocala to be Florida.
So, Payne's Prairie.
we were on La Chua Trail one time and there was a girl talking on her cell phone, so immersed in her conversation that she didn't notice she was pacing back and forth only four feet from an 11-foot alligator.
yes, we interrupted her call to warn her ;-)
Well, y'all are all too smart. Yes, Payne's Prairie at the Alachua Sink.
What an amazing place.
Tomorrow will be a more in depth look...
Our house is in a neighborhood on the edge of Kanapapa Prairie, which borders Paynes Prarie! Looking forward to the rest of the posts! I miss living up there :(
I'm glad there are commenters here who know their way around Florida because I have no idea where this gator-y place is.
Payne's Prairie, Micanopy, Alachua...
Slither on, Florida Cracker!
I saw only one gator in Guana yesterday. Gators need a stimulus, too.
I took my kids on a field trip (during the coldest week we had in Florida this past January) to the panhandle and I wish I had photographed these signs. It brought back great memories. Thanks for sharing.
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