Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Do Not Feed the Alligators: Cypress Island Preserve, Lafayette, LAI

I wasn't planning on feeding the alligators anyway. 
We didn't have a chance to fit in a bayou boat tour before we left Louisiana to drive into Texas, but something even better happened.  We took a little detour to Cypress Island Preserve on Lake Martin. Not a dozen yards into the preserve, we saw two alligators sunning themselves in the middle of this cypress swamp.  

Benjamin looks out toward our little alligators

Sunshine is spotty in December.  You have to warm up when you can. 

If I had to guess, I would say they were two to three feet long each.  They didn't move a muscle and we had no intention of making them do anything else.  The alligator in the rear is a juvenile, distinguished by his yellow stripes.

Now that we've seen our alligators, we're ready for Texas.

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