Alligators and our Day Trip

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We took a day trip, picked up Don & Evelyn and drove down to Morven, NC to visit the Tuckers at their farm and see their new Yacht . Now Tuck can find a deal, he kept bidding on boats in Houston until he got more than he wanted at less than he expected to pay, (his words). It is a 30 footer with head, kitchen and bed room. It has radar, sonar, depth finder, fish finder etc. A beautiful boat.

He has the finances to do all this. We do not begrudge them the ability to swing deals that we could only dream of. What Tuck has they have earned; he should have inherited, but did not. He stood aside when a greedy step mother took the family money, etc. But like I said, he has earned what he has by the sweat of his back and the intelligence and guts he possesses. I admire his ability. When I was able to retire and hit the road, he was just hitting his stride. He is a great guy, BUT HE CANNOT TALK LOUD! Lol Not his problem, mine.

The Tuckers used to have more horses, this is the only one left, I thought it was beautiful. Tuck wants it gone, Rose wants more company for the horse because it is lonely. What will happen? Who knows. But that is one pretty horse.
We needed just a little reminder of Florida. (This is close to where Rose, of 'Roses are Read' lives.)

Once many years ago we drove what is called ‘Alligator Alley’ which is a highway across South Florida, East and West. While in a Car you could not see down the slopes on the side of the road, BUT when we crossed it in the Motor home, looking down into the ditches, WOW it was wall to wall Black Alligators. There must have been at least 100,000 gators on that road. I was wondering what they ate, a gators appetite is pretty large, because he is a big reptile, how do they all eat? Now I know they will eat dogs, cats and folks if they get close. Everyone in Lower Florida especially is familiar with gators in about any body of water.
When Sherry first started seeing them she said let me drive, you have got to see this, there are hundreds of gators here, and they were for the next hundred miles. I told her if the motor home ran hot and we needed water, it would be her job to take the bucket down to get the water. The look I got was “In your dreams cowboy!”.

Beauty… Don’t you just love the beauty of spring. As we have been driving around the different colors of azaleas have caught my attention. People who know how to put colors together have created even more beauty. The right color of red with a purple surrounded by white is gorgeous. I did not have the camera.

Thanks for your attention,
Nite Shipslog
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