Capturing the Moment

 What an amazing, non stop trip we just had to Savannah. Dela, Fisher, and I just spent a week staying at the Blue House, and hanging with Grandma Nancy, Babu and Nana, Lea and David, and all the Boys as well. We had lots of morning walks on the Bluff, playground visits, a big boat ride out towards Wassaw, aquarium time with crab catching, and pool time. Fisher and Babu caught a ton of fish, including a big striped bass. We went to the Pirates House to see the infamous tunnel leading underground to the Savannah River, where pirates used to shanghai drunk patrons to join their shorthanded crews. We watched trains and built legos, finished puzzles and collected eggs.     We had good animals as well, with some close, big alligators, tons of frogs, a box turtle, some deer, and even a big water moccasin (cottonmouth) snake that we caught and relocated out at the Ford. One of the coolest animal moments was Dela's very first alligator catching night. At two and a half years...

The big one  I have been surrounded by animals as long as I can remember. I grew up with snakes sneaking out of their cages in my room, gators in the back yard, and birds of prey being nursed back to health by my parents. These exotic pets seemed to get along peacefully with all the wild animals that were just passing through the wilderness area that was our back yard. Some of my earliest memories are of these animals so it is pretty natural that I associate Savannah with animals and always hope to see as many as I can when I do make it back. This visit provided a ton of wild animals from sea turtles, to sharks, to a rarely seen triplefin fish, bottlenose dolphins, ospreys, an armadillo, and of course lots of alligators. In fact I was able to get the whole gang together with my dad for a night of alligator spotting. Splitting up and setting out    For many years my dad caught, tagged, and released alligators in the savannah and low country area. So af...