Just this morning I was on the phone with Rick (M/V Broulee) discussing the "catch of the day" when we hauled the anchor on Monday, the previous day in Port Royal, South Carolina (see blog entry "New Challenges" 4/9/2012). Rick said it's not a good place (South Carolina) to have to dive on a fowled anchor because of alligators in the south. We have never seen alligators on the ICW, until today. We were traveling north in South Carolina near Casino Creek at mile marker 425 when Joe on S/V Short Walk reported over the VHF "Alligator on the starboard side"! Say no more, I asked Sharon to take the helm and with camera in hand I was off to the foredeck. As we draw closer the alligator starts swimming for the center of the ICW, right in front of the boat. Wow, what a photo opportunity!
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| The alligator casually swimming for the center of the ICW and towards the front of the boat. |
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| Patiently waiting for Big Run to pass. |
4 comments:
We saw our first alligator in the ICW today! We thought it was a dead head until we got closer to it. Our picture is not as good as yours cause see spent so much time looking at it ....
We also saw an alligator on the ICW today - we told you so! Nice Picture!
Yikes! I have yet to see an alligator, although I'm told they're not too far from Isle of Hope Marina here in Savannah. No swimming for me, nor the dogs.
Like I said, waters here are infested with 'em and he's not waiting for you to pass, but waiting for you to jump in and check your prop! Rick
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