Big Gator Behind the Boat

Big Gator Behind the Boat

This weekend we are having off and on rain storms from the outer bands of the tropical storm that is building in the Gulf.  When the rain lightens up we would go out to see that the boats are doing OK.  We got about 1 ½ inches of rain in just a few hours. 

Wendy went out to check on the boats and she rushed back in and said the Big Gator is floating behind the boat and get the camera to get a photo of it.

Gator just moved in!

I grabbed the camera and followed her back out. It was a much bigger gator than we normally get in our end of the canal. I figured it came off the river because of the storm.

I cleaned the scuppers to make sure the boat cockpit would drain and Wendy bucketed out the dinghy and we headed back in the house when it started to rain again. We were both concerned about the size of the gator and we both hoped it would leave our little canal. It was still there a few hours later.

We can feed it a clock so we will know where it is.

Wendy asks how we might encourage it to leave, I told her all we needed was an old windup clock. She gave me a questioning look. I said we wind up the clock, tie a chunk of meat to the clock and toss it to the gator to eat. The gator eats the meat and clock. Simple! She said: “What good will that do?”

Well, If the Gator leaves we will know it, If it stays we will hear it ticking…It worked for Captain Hook. *-)