This morning's walk...3.12 miles and saw a couple alligators...only one posed for a picture. They've taken up residence in a retention pond, there was a nasty storm the other night probably drove them in there. This water all gets naturally filtered before it's allowed in the lake, but they tell me the fishing is pretty good there.
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When my grandparents retired back in the 1960s, they moved from Gibsonton, FL, to Lake Panasofkee in Sumpter County about an hour north of Tampa and they shared the lake with gators, After my grandfather died in the 70s, she remained at the lake and kept fishing, often by herself, out on the lake. She even had pet names for some of the gators. When I visited, I asked her why she wasn't worried about the gators.
"They've been here a lot longer than us," she said. "They are kind enough to let us enjoy their lake." Grandma died in 1994 at age 99. She was quite a lady.
Doug
