Paddle: Hillsborough River Gator City

We had paddled on the Hillsborough River a week ago. On that day it was cool, breezy and overcast. We saw many, many interesting birds, but only a few alligators. Today was relatively warm and sunny, and we saw less birds but many more alligators. Go figure. We paddled with our friends Bob and Donna, and Bob and Cheryl. While on the river we ran into our friend Ken, who was guiding an Elder Hostel group down the river. The river level was 8"-10" higher than when we paddled the river last week, due to two pretty heavy rains in the last four days. There was one tree across the river which had to be dragged over. That tree was not there last week and probably came down during the storm last Saturday night. One of the members of the Elder Hostel group said that tree was the best part of the trip. Weird.