Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect it was when City Park was contiguous with the other water bodies (and lake) after Katrina. I had heard that gators somehow got into City Park during Betsy as well. We still have plenty of mocassins (which are unnerving compared to rattlesnakes...at least the latter give you a warning). Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Phil Swango Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:58 PM To: LUG Subject: [Leica] gators in the park Jeffery Smith wrote: > About 30 seconds after I snapped this shot, a 'gator leaped into the > water just 3 feet away from me. With my face in a TLR viewfinder, I > didn't notice him at all. And this was in City Park. > -- > Jeffery Jeffery, do you have any idea when the park got gator-ized? When I was a teenager in the 50s we used to skinny-dip in lagoons in the north end of City Park. They were fairly secluded and the water surface was covered with algae. Someone had to do a cannonball to bust a hole in the scum so we could swim. But I don't think there were gators there then. Just mocassins. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information