This is from walking  the dike road. It’s dirt and here it runs alongside the end of some big marshes. The view goes on for miles.

Below shows the thick grass, and small mud bank, that goes on for a good while. Most always you find an Alligator tucked up against reeds. Sometimes there’s no more than 25 yards between us, other places it gets wide. The gators slip out of cuts in the grass and suddenly appear where there was nothing a little while ago.

Its not a straight line on the dike, at times you are looking down a wide cut or just a small turn. The openings can give a different angle for a photograph . Often the grass on the dike road side is twice as tall as me, and thick, a sudden opening can show an Alligator that you might have totally missed. Good news there’s still a gap of water between us.

In places with a big view there can be a small pile of the big guys. personal space is not a thing 😆.

Below I just missed some type of disagreement. They can be loud, full of splashing water, and over in a second.

ACE Basin, Donnelley WMA, South Carolina.