Do you remember the song, "Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White? It was a big hit when I was a kid in Florida. We loved the line about the gator getting your granny. "Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!"
Last summer my daughter and I were kayaking in a spring-fed river in North Florida. We had paddled into one of the small inlets in search of a spring when my daughter stopped and pointed to something. I thought she was pointing to the origin of the spring and I turned my kayak around -- only to realize I was...