My friends and I tried to get to Circle B Bar Reserve for the sunrise, but it was quite a long drive from home. The above feature photo was as close as we got. We wanted to be that early because our theory was that the wildlife is most active early in the morning. Only it was pretty darned chilly, and that is something that will slow the wildlife down. So we walked about 7 miles, went from a little too chilly to almost too warm, and yes we saw some wildlife.
I had hoped to see something unusual, something beyond all the usual birds that we see so frequently. And this little raccoon filled the bill perfectly.
I was as close to the edge of the river bank as possible in order to get the angle I needed for the photos. I was most afraid of dropping the camera into the water. As I was shooting some other visitors came to us from the opposite direction and asked if I knew there was an alligator right there. “Where?”, I asked. “Right there!”. was the answer.
I did not expect to be so up close and personal with that gator. If I had known he was there I would never have gotten the pictures. There was a pier just a little way down the trail and I got a better picture of just how big that gator was. And a good look at that smirk in his face. This must be an example of all’s well that ends well. And there are pictures to prove it!
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