I love Brazos Bend State Park. It's about a 20 minute drive from where I grew up and my family went often. My little Christian school would have an annual walk-a-thon there with everyone from PreK to 6th grade (that's all the school at that time).
It's a gorgeous park with all kinds of animals and trails and lakes. And bugs and spiders, lots of bugs and spiders. One of my favorite memories of BBSP is the millions of caterpillars that would cover the bike racks during our walk-a-thons. What I would give to see that again with my camera in hand!
My Mom and I went the other evening with our cameras in tow to see what we could find. I hadn't been in a while and I was really excited. We saw a lot of alligators, a lot of different birds, spiders and deer. We have plans to go back soon. When it finally cools off, we plan to spend the entire day there.
This was the largest alligator we saw, and probably the largest alligator I've ever seen at BBSP. It was pretty awesome to be that close to such a large creature. He (or she) was pretty calm and stayed completely still the whole time we were there.
These black ants had to be the largest ants I've ever seen in my life!
