Bike Ride to Remember

I went for a bike-ride with Reagan at Brazos Bend State Park this weekend. We have seen alligators there in the past, so I was hoping to see some sunning themselves on the bank of the island in the lake. To my surprise, they were not being laying 30 yards away, but just feet from the bike path. I stopped several times to take pictures and didn't even need to zoom in on the toothy lizards. I rode up on a 6 foot animal, and just before I got to him, he stood up, walked right across the path in front of me and slid into the mossy pond. It took a little while for me heart to slow down after that.