GRAND-DADDY OF ALL ALLIGATORS!

                       ONE GIANT ALLIGATOR!
Each time we go to the Circle B Preserve, we see something different.  The vegetation changes quickly, winds take down the hanging moss and weak limbs.  Flowers bloom and various grasses grow, in the water and out.  Each time we see alligators/I have so many pictures of them.  We've seen as many as 60 alligators in one day walking down the path, appropriately called Alligator Alley.  
On one visit we saw the Grand-Daddy of all gators. Look at the gator lying on the log-then look at the gator's head to the right, resting his head on the back of the log. 
His head is so large!  We would've liked to have seen his entire body.  This would be an excellent catch on the show Swamp People! 

Double click either picture/it should enlarge so you can see the monster head on the right, resting on the log. 

His head is so large in comparison to the one lying on  the log/and at first we thought he was big, at least 6 or 7 feet long.
Wouldn't want to meet the one in the back, on the path!  
They can run 35 miles per hour, in a straight line.
Guess we should practice our zig-zag running!

LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA

                   A DAY IN LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA
A day in Lake Placid is like going to an 
Outdoor Art Center.  The murals on the buildings, all over town, are so professionally done.  If you get to Lake Placid, be sure to pick up the booklet about the murals.  They are all listed, as to where they are, the artists, the sponsors, the date completed and the size. A picture of each mural will be found in the book, as well as a short "blurp" about each painting. 
With a clown school in town, there are clowns to be found in the most unusual places.  
         Clowns can be found on park benches.         

Faces of Florida history.

WOW!

Symbols of  America on one of the buildings.

We found these birders in a wide alley on a side street, amongst other sights of nature.  A little bridge, a pond with fish and multiple native plants grace the small alley way of magnificent murals.
This was my favorite "mural" place in town! 

Amazing ~ these bears were huge and appeared to look so real to life. 

Birds are found, here and there, around town.
So true to life they were.

Garbage cans around town are painted with various scenes/so unlike regular garbage cans. 

This actually looked real as you walked up to it. 

Small-sized vehicles are found in different places in Lake Placid.  Painted and people riding in them.  
So cute!
As you walk passed some of the murals and small vehicles, like this train, you trigger a mechanism that  starts sound effects for that particular mural or vehicle. 

These murals are so great!  They are also huge, taking up the entire sides of buildings in town. 
It really has to be seen to be appreciated.