Cruising Cats: Alligator Alert! (2nd try to send)

Ahoy from Genesis.
We just spotted our first alligator! It was floating in the shallows

djmaizels...

See ya later!!! Hopefully not 'in a while, crocodile'!! :-)
Your voyage is much more exciting than the average English waterway! The
only thing floating in the shallows here would be an old bicycle ;-)

Annie Wxill...

I'm sure we have old bicycles, too.

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Ha - at this point, you probably have a lot more than that! :-/

Annie Wxill...

That's the truth. We've seen several derelict shrimp boats and a
sailboat that was high and dry on a shallow spot in a bay.

We assume either Hurricane Katrina or Rita put it there.

Annie, crew for Cinder and Rosie

This waterway that we are traveling is a commercial shipping channel.
Today, we encountered probably 50 or so barges being pushed by tug
boats. These vessels are huge compared to us. We are now anchored in a
quiet place away from the traffic and poor Jim is exhausted

djmaizels...

That would be really scary! Yikes! :-O

But, we are having a good time. I'll post pictures eventually, when I
figure out how to do it.

Annie, crew for Rosie & Cinder

with just its beady eyes and two bumpy nostrils above the water.
We are almost 50 miles (7 hours) out of Galveston,Texas, heading east on
the ICW (Intracoastal Waterway). We will anchor out tonight in a place
called Taylor Bayou. We'll keep the kitties inside the cabin, for sure.

Jim & Anne, crew for Cinder and Rosie

badwilson...

Kewl! That's great you're getting to see some of the local wildlife.
It's been pouring rain here and this creek behind the apartment really fills
up. I saw a 2 meter monitor lizard swimming along the other day. Vino
doesn't seem to be interested in anything out the back window. Not even the
monkeys in the trees. He's only interested in the traffic noises from the
front of the building. But those windows are sandblasted or something, so
you can't see out. I think that's what makes it so interesting. He hears
noises but can't see anything!