Last weekend, Jared and I traveled south to Brazos Bend State Park and it was so fun! All of us (Me, J, L, and Maverick) went down to go hiking. Brazos Bend is famous for their alligators-the park encompasses marsh land and lakes where they live in the wild! so, we saw tons of gators (from mostly safe distances-note the alligator tail on the trail behind me-later we walked by him),
hiked, ate lunch, and made a day of it. We even got to see a mother gator with about 20 babies!!
We were careful though to carry Maverick past some of the gators that were close to (or on!) the trail. We didn't want him to be gator bait. They even warned us not to let him drink from the lake's edge b/c he's easy bait. I think the park should make little dog shirts that say "Alligator Bait. Brazos Bend State Park" and all the dogs could wear them! I would buy it!
Oh-we also realized that our $6 thrift store 'backpack' is NOT made for hiking so we used some tax return money to go buy a nice REI hiking backpack! it's so cool! we're excited to use it a lot this summer!
6 comments:
That looks fun! The weather has been beautiful, hasn't it! I love your shirt idea, and think you should make them and become a millionaire! Poor Maverick though, being bait. Right now, Logan loves to watch snakes eating live animals (gotta love youtube) and we also saw a komodo dragon eat a pig! Did you guys camp or just day trip it? The backpack looks nice!
Man, this is the coolest thing I've seen since the Okeefenokee Swamp! I'm so glad you were warned about little dogs being bait and your dog shirt idea is a winner, for sure! Do it! Mel, you look great and Lindsey is too cute.
Sounds like a fun day! I'd be a little nervous though to walk by a gator. Good for you guys being brave. Your hair is really cute, short cuts are so nice & cool for the summer. I've always loved your curls. I'm hoping that we get a super-curly-topped kid someday.
I agree with everyone else: the trip looks like loads of fun, the shirt idea is a winner, Lindsey is adorable and so is your new hair style!
Cute hair!!! I bet it will feel great in the Texas heat. Okay that freaks me out your were that close to Aligators.
That is so cool. I've always wanted to see a gator up close like that. (Call me crazy!)
So, Melissa. I think I need to try this no dessert month thing. How's it going?
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