At our RV park in Port Charlotte, we’re right behind a Bird Sanctuary pond, with an alligator!

Our RV park borders a bird sanctuary and has a walking path along it that dogs can be off-leash on.   Jeff takes Laddy there at least a couple times a day so he can run around a bit.

On several trips to the area Jeff has seen a small alligator, about 3 feet.  We took a couple pictures of it: