Florida RV Park with NO alligators

CKNSLS wrote:

KCerling wrote:
paradise oaks Rv and golf resort in Bushnel

I just scrolled through their pictures on their website and what's the deal with a shot of a road and what looked like a lake or a pond?

There couldn't possibly be gators in there?

As I said before, if it is bigger than a mud puddle there will be a gator in it. Maybe not today but surely tomorrow as they move around.

Any one who says different has never lived any length of time in Florida, year round, and is just wrong.

Thankyou all for your replies. I think we will try another State.
Terry

I just played with Google and here are the results:

Florida measures 65,755 square miles, of which 18% is water.

SWAG - There are approximately 1,300,000 alligators (and 1,500 crocodiles)in Florida.

- Interestingly, there are about 2,000,000 in Louisiana !

That works out to about 20 alligators per square mile (Florida). Yikes !

So I would not bother trying to find somewhere in Florida where you can get away from alligators cuz it just ain't gonna happen.

Patter wrote:
Thankyou all for your replies. I think we will try another State.
Terry

north of south carolina, and west of louisiana...

Alligators can't stay long in salt water. Go to the Keys and stay on the beach. That's what we do but it is not because of the alligators.

The Gators are more afraid of you than you are of them. If they have not been fed by man, they will go the other way. Alligators can NOT turn quickly. Run in a zigzay pattern and you will live to see another day.

Patter wrote:
Thankyou all for your replies. I think we will try another State.
Terry

I can't think of any state or province that doesn't present some risks from the indigenous wildlife and/or weather. Alligators present less of a threat in my view, than moose do in the northern states and Canadian provinces.

Most Communities and RV Parks monitor their waterways, and have them removed if they show up, or are within a certain size limit. I live in Central Florida, and I haven't seen that they are that many near populated areas.

Patter wrote:
Looking for a Park in central Florida without alligators

What's wrong with having gators about??? They were here first, we (snow-birds)are the invading species!!!

"Alligators can't stay long in salt water. Go to the Keys and stay on the beach"

I'm not sure that salt water has any effect on them. I've seen plenty of alligators at The Canaveral National Seashore (I'm not talking about the ocean beaches there). That is all salt water. And I've also seen plenty of gators around Merritt Island in the 'brackish' waters there. That brackish water is pretty salty too.

I'm pretty sure they are not in the Keys because there are no lakes or ponds, or real swampy backwater areas down there. They are not ocean creatures. Or maybe they are not Jimmy Buffett fans ?

I think they are intriguing. They are real dinosaurs and, even though their brain is tiny, have survived for millions of years. Why them and not T-Rex ? Even with the millions of alligators in this country, only a few people get bit in any one year. And you genuinely have to work at it to get bit in most cases. When I moved down here, one of the first things I did was to visit Gatorland in Orlando. I wanted to see how they looked and how they acted. The mistake I made was attending the snake show. One of the handlers walked around with a large Water Moccasin. Someone asked where it came from and the handler replied they had caught it just that morning 'out back'.

The truth is that I'm way more concerned about the snakes, scorpions, spiders and fire ants down here then the alligators.

Tim