An Alligator in our neighborhood!

Dogs were barking like crazy.  Why?  Because another opossum had wandered into the yard.  This is a fairly common occurrence around here.  So I picked him up and put him out of reach of the dogs.  He immediately played dead.  

As always, I rehomed Mr. Opossum to Woodland Park near our house.  It is on the Bayou and has LOTS of wooded area, so I figure an opossum would find a good home here.  Ivy was at home that day, so she came with me.  It was also the same day as the Astro’s Hero Parade (for winning the World Series).  There were lots of people parking in our neighborhood and walking the 1+ mile downtown to the parade.

While we were there trying to get the opossum to dash into the woods (he was still playing dead), a man walks by and say he spotted an alligator in the bayou.  We go take a look.  Sure enough, … there was an alligator swimming around!  These pictures don’t do it justice (Ivy snapped the photos), but still you can see the ‘gator.