[wendyquat]

A few weeks ago my husband and I were traveling south on 441 when my husband said, “Is that a little kid playing in that pond?” He was referring to the pond behind the hotel that used to be a Holiday Inn near the Spanish Springs entrance. We did a u-turn as soon as we could and drove back where we could see a small boy about 3 or 4 years old stomping around in the shallows while being watched by a couple sitting several yards away up on the grass behind the hotel. I, breathlessly by then, said, “Did y’all know there are gators in that pond?” The man said, “Yes mam we know all about gators, they’re not bothering any of the ducks so I think it’s ok for him to play.” I reminded them of the small child at Disney a few years ago and how fast he was taken. About that time the little boy walked over to the couple, pulled off his boot and poured the water over their heads! We left!