Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Alligator Park

You may be wondering where I have been all this time. I have had some fun adventures which I hope to catch up on soon. Life has just been so busy but good busy! One thing that has kept me busy is I was called to be the Relief Society President for our branch at the beginning of the month. But here is one adventure for you. Enjoy!

Back in June, some friends and I went to Alligator Park. It's official name is Brazos Bend State Park. As you probably guessed there are gators that live in the park. Here is the group at the park.
 Here is one with the sun in their faces instead of behind them.
 It was a pretty park. I loved the lily pads.
 This tree also was awesome!
 Fortunately, while we were there we did see a gator. I would have been very disappointed to go there and not see a gator! Here, he is swimming in the water. Can you see him? (I am just assuming that it is a him: I wasn't going to get close enough to check.) It's the log looking thing in the middle.
 Here he is again a little closer. This was a smaller gator probably 4 feet.
 It was SO hot that day. 102 plus humidity. We were trying to stay a  little cooler by taking a moment in the shade. It didn't help much but 101 with humidity made a tiny difference.
 We saw some turtles sun bathing on a log. If you look close you can see there legs stretched out. Cute.
 Deanna and Jessica decided to pose with the turtles and sunbath too. 
 So you may be wondering where I am this whole time. Well, here you go. Proof that I didn't just still someone else's photos and claim to be there.
 This is the view from the top of the tower. See pretty in an alligator, swampy way.
  We finally got someone to take a picture of all of us together. I like this picture a lot!
Me posing with the gators. (Can you see them?) 
 There was some cool places to take pictures at the park. If it wasn't so hot I might have explored them more.
 And there's just something about a big tree that makes you want to climb it and take pictures.
It was a fun and successful trip to see gators.