Brazos Bend

 

We have been trying to do some last minute things for our last week in Texas. One thing we have been wanting to do is visit a state park close by, Brazos Bend.

Of course, I have to mention it was very HOT!  But it was really pretty.  We walked along a trail that circled around the lake hoping to see some wildlife.

Maxwell's favorite part was throwing rocks into the water of course.  What little boy doesn't love that?

Matt, trying to point out a frog to the kids. 

We were expecting to see a lot of alligators, since the lake that is covered with them is close by.  We walked most of the trail and only spotted one little one out in the water, but right toward the end, we were looking all over and suddenly saw this guy:

It was kind of creepy.  He was just a couple feet away from the trail we were on.  Matt was pretty excited.  Then, on the other side of the trail we noticed this guy:

It is hard to tell, but he was really big.  I was not a fan of being that close to them, especially since we didn't even notice they were right by us.

We left the big guy alone, but the smaller one was somehow provoked to get up and walk around.  It may have had something to do with Matt trying to grab his tail.

While I am impressed with my hubby's manly animal catching skills, I was not very happy about him trying to catch this alligator. Sorry mom, I tried to stop him. The alligator was hissing like crazy, and I was still worried big guy was going to decide to come help him out.  Luckily Matt did not bring this one home.  I think the alligators is what he is going to miss the most about Texas.