Riding Shotgun

Donny never let anything deter him from his mission to keep us safe from alligators.

We were always an active young family. We began camping -- in a borrowed tent -- when Don, or Donny Joe, as we called him then and are forbidden to call him now, was just a baby.

We soon graduated to a used Ted Williams pop-up camper, which we loved, and made many trips in it.

We were living in Miami at the time, and decided one weekend to go camping in the Everglades. Donny was about a year old at the time, and thanks to his vigilance, even under extreme circumstances, we made it through the weekend without being eaten by alligators.

I made the photograph with a Yashica 124 twin-lens reflex camera that actually belonged to the private school where I was teaching and was yearbook advisor. I don't remember what kind of black & white film I used.

Don is now a very successful businessman who will be 54 this weekend. Life moves on.

Photograph and text copyright 2022, David B.Jenkins.

I post Monday, Wednesday, and Friday unless life gets in the way.

Soli Gloria Deo

For the glory of God alone

My most recent book, Backroads and Byways of Georgia, is a 304-page soft-cover with more than 200 color photographs. Published by Countryman Press, it is priced at $22.95. Signed and inscribed copies are available directly from me at (423) 240-2324 or djphoto@vol.com.