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Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator

As we pulled into the dirt road I glanced towards the old rice fields and said “Oh, that’s just a log”. I ignored it and got out of the car. Funny…the tree had no branches.

Yeah, That's Just A Log, Alligator - Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge

Second glance showed it had eyes and a tail. However, still the size of a tree.

Yeah, That's Just A Log, Alligator - Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge

Step on the dike, and look down…

Yeah, That's Just A Log, Alligator - Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That's Just A Log, Alligator - Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge

Obviously not a tree.

Yeah, That's Just A Log, Alligator - Click To Enlarge
Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge

This was one of the biggest, laying and watching the silly humans scurry around.

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Yeah, That’s Just A Log, Alligator – Click To Enlarge

I walked far enough away to see if the grasses would give some perspective to his size. A little help but it would have been better if he was next to a car, or van. He was that big.

Plantation, Black And White

Looking down the long field, main entrance, to the manor house. Once this building was attached to another similar building. Like many of the plantations it was burned during the US civil war.

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Plantation, Black And White – Click To Enlarge

Prior to the civil war this stretch of land, along the marsh and river had multiple huge rice plantations and may have been the wealthiest part of the US.

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Plantation, Black And White – Click To Enlarge

Old stables and barns here still have large work horses.