Some of the smaller burgs around Atlantic City have saved older tourist attractions. There’s no neon like at the Casinos and the shops are not nearly as glitzy but they are often much more interesting. The city of Margate saved one of those attractions; Lucy, a “building” shaped like a circus elephant. You can even go up inside of it for a view of the ocean. Now that’s something you don’t see just anywhere!

Lucy the Elephant

Capable, intelligent, determined, empathetic, eloquent, inspiring.
No much mention here of the hundreds of slaves he owned. I guess that wasn’t the point of this particular conflict.
They have a really cool statue of Washington here. He carries a cane, stands on a plow share and rests his hand on a Greek -inspired column engraved with thirteen ribs representing the colonies. Wonderful imagery for the soldier-statesman. Well done.

Alligator River refuge plants grain for their various inhabitants and it seems that black bears really love new green wheat. We were intently watching the field-to-forest edges to catch a glimpse of the bear we had heard were out there. Then we rounded the corner and there he came. A huge black bear. He had to be a yard or more tall and weigh several hundred pounds. He was sort of shuffling, sort of waddling right down the road toward us (we were in the car by the way). He was pretty heavy and seemed to tire, he actually just plopped down to rest a few before continuing. We waited, broadside in the road. He detoured a little to give that strange green thing in the road some room. He splashed through a couple water filled ditches not really slowing down. Nothing deterred him from that huge waving field of green. He sat with a plop right at the edge of the field and proceeded to eat his fill. Marvelous to watch.

There was a bobcat. Such beautiful fur and remarkable coloration on ears and tails. A bear cub that scurried off into the woods