Sunday March 10th 2024

The transition from standard to daylight savings time always leads to a confusing day. This transition was compounded by the sound of rain on the roof in the middle of the night. I really wasn’t ready to get up when morning arrived earlier than anticipated. All day long I was not able to guess the time as accurately during the day and this evening the added hour before sunset really caused more uncertainty. At least it was a nice weather day. Last nights rain took some of the humidity and heat away. It was a nice sunny day with the high temperature in the seventies.

The state park was a lot more active today. The weekenders seemed to be in a hurry getting out this morning. When I stepped outside around 10:30 all of my neighbors had departed. It was not long before new RVs were arriving to replace the ones who departed. The new arrivals seemed to be more active than the weekend residents. A lot more people were out walking and riding bicycles. Even the day use area was getting more use today. There were several families enjoying picnic style celebrations. At the boat launch area there were people fishing from the dock along with half a dozen empty boat trailers in the parking lot. Overall, there was several times more activity in the park than Saturday.

While I was out checking changes to the local area, I stopped at Tom Bennett County Park again. Today I spotted an alligator staking out the passing wildlife from the safety of a culvert entrance. At least that was my first impression. On closer inspection I noticed several young alligators swimming out in front of the adult. I’m not sure of alligator parenting techniques, but maybe mom was letting the kids play.