On Jan 4, 2009, at 6:15 PM, John H wrote: > I also believe there are many who venture into the outdoors or > into the wildness expecting a "Disneyland" experience. I took a pontoon boat ride through the Okefenokee swamp over Christmas. While my family and I were waiting for the boat guide at the Ranger station a group of three redneck families started wandering down the nature trail. They quickly spotted a 7 foot gator sunning itself on the grassy edge of the swamp. A dad in the group went up and started slapping it on the head and the gator hissed and jumped into the water. He turned in astonishment and yelled, " I didn't think it was real!" The rest agreed that it was amazing that the gator was real. Real giant predators in a real giant swamp. How unexpected. Maybe the dude could find a Florida panther to try and pet. Feeling a bit doomed as a species, Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jan 04 2009 - 16:40:24 PST
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