Another Gator
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About 3/4 of the way around the loop road in Shark Valley we came uponn another alligator. This was our 4th or 5th gator. This one was much further away than all of the others. I again stopped, straddling my bike, I got my camera out of the pack and started filming.
As you will see in the short clip the gator started coming towards us. As you can hear in the audio I was a little nervous about this gators actions. I decided to leave. I put the camera away and as I looked over where Gloria was I noticed she was positioned with her bike across the narrow road. Her one foot on the ground and the other just barely over the bike.
I recall thinking how clever of her to put the bike between her and the gator. But then as I peddled away I got to thinking about the old saying. " You don't need to move faster than a gator, you just need to move faster than the slowest person in the group. Just maybe she was making sure I wasn't going to get past her......
One more gator encounter to come stay tuned.
About 3/4 of the way around the loop road in Shark Valley we came uponn another alligator. This was our 4th or 5th gator. This one was much further away than all of the others. I again stopped, straddling my bike, I got my camera out of the pack and started filming.
As you will see in the short clip the gator started coming towards us. As you can hear in the audio I was a little nervous about this gators actions. I decided to leave. I put the camera away and as I looked over where Gloria was I noticed she was positioned with her bike across the narrow road. Her one foot on the ground and the other just barely over the bike.
I recall thinking how clever of her to put the bike between her and the gator. But then as I peddled away I got to thinking about the old saying. " You don't need to move faster than a gator, you just need to move faster than the slowest person in the group. Just maybe she was making sure I wasn't going to get past her......
One more gator encounter to come stay tuned.
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