I went to the company gym today and since there was no one around (it's Saturday, after all), I decided after the 7 mile run and 60 mins of lifting to see if I could find the 10' alligator that lives on my office campus. In Charleston, apparently, there are a lot of gators.
A lot of the city is marshland. When you look through real estate listings you periodically see something that says "deep water dock" which means the house comes with a pier and dock out the back door for your boat and the "deep water" means you live on land with your own private access to a water way that leads into a river going to the Atlantic. That pier goes over the marshland that sits between your backdoor and the "deep water." Pretty cool, but I think it'll take some getting used to considering the bodies of water in Memphis are toxic. Mississippi River, Patriot Lake, Wolf River, etc. I wouldn't drink out of ANY of those or eat anything that came from them if you gave me a golden egg-laying goose.
Anyway, I didn't find the alligator but the pond around which it's most frequently spotted is in the picture below. Yes, that green fence separates my building's parking lot from the alligator pond and marshland. I think what Charleston needs is an alligator wrestler. I need a camo muscle shirt, first, though.
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