Still Hard Water Season for the most part, but not in Florida
I did do a trip in CO on March 10th though.

couple of google doc trip reports - I spent a couple of months there - maybe boring, but lots of pictures

Withlacoochee River
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Other trips - mostly day-trips
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No, not hard water season down here.

A week or so back, we paddled in the St. John River/Dunn's Creek/ Crescent Lake area.  See:   (You need to Login or Register We saw a big gator swimming across the creek and a few smaller ones sunning themselves on the banks.  Lots of birds you'll never see up north.  It was a fun paddle & we had a good time.

Got to be careful around those gators, though.  Just last week a 9 footer decided that a guy (fishing from the shore of a small lake in county where I live) looked like dinner.  Bystanders managed to fight the critter off and the guy was airlifted to the hospital.  He survived.  See:   (You need to Login or Register

The very next day - a good distance to the south down in the Everglades - a large crocodile had the very same idea.  He went after a 68 year-old guy whose sailboat had turned over.  See:   (You need to Login or Register;  

A month back, I was down there myself.  While I did not witness this, it happened the very day I was there:   (You need to Login or Register

Gators & crocodiles are the real deal down here, so beware when you head out for that leisurely paddle!

Jimbo   8-)

It's all a matter of perspective  ;) ;D
I see Alligator/Python boots and belts.

Gator on the BBQ and Python too!

Eat them before they eat you. ;D

If I lived in FL I would be doing this and grilling them too.

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