Xavier Wrestles an Alligator
Greetings to everyone.
This Father's Day, we decided to pack up the 90 and head south to the Great Sand Dunes. Xavier is old enough to enjoy them, and this is a wonderful time of the year to experience them.
Of course, what trip to the Great Sand Dunes is complete without a visit to Colorado Gators, an alligator rescue and reserve right here in Colorado.
Part of getting into the reserve is holding an two foot alligator and getting your picture taken with it. Xavier stepped right up. Now we have 4x6 refrigerator magnets to prove it.
After a short nap once reaching the Dunes (it was a four hour drive), we headed out to a hot springs spa and pool. Colorado, it seems, has hundreds of hot springs. It's one of the reasons the alligator reserve exists where it does: they have a hot spring.
Xavier spent his first hour in the pool bobbing, splashing about and having a great time. Then he wanted to try the one meter spring board at the 10 foot end of the pool.
We rented a life vest, strapped Xavier in and let him go. He climbed up the board and walked to the end. Dad was waiting in the pool below him.
"Get out of the way, Dad," Xavier called down.
I put some more distance between us, and sploosh! Xavier was in the pool. When he surfaced, he wanted to do it again. He went off the board six or seven times, although we could not talk him into jumping off the three meter spring board next to him.
