We took a beautiful baseball-free weekend and had some family time. We went to Brazos Bend State Park where they had alligators!!!! I thought surely they would have a couple and you would be lucky to see them. But in reality, they were everywhere and you really had to pay attention to where you were walking. One was even on the path and you had to make a big sweep to get around it.
At the lookout they had volunteers who were scooping out water and letting the kids pick out organisms and telling them about what they were seeing. Small fish, crayfish, leeches, snails.... even a baby turtle!