See you later, alligator

You're looking at G, a 39-year-old alligator from the Scovill Zoo in Illinois, who got quite the special treat last week. 

• It was the end of the season at local waterpark Splash Cove, and G was brought in to take a few laps around the lazy river before employees drained the pool for the winter. 

🐊 💧 Taking a dip... The zoo shared that G "loved freshening up on his swimming skills, floating in the river current, and let us know that he enjoyed his trip to the lazy river by refusing to leave." 

The trip will hopefully become an annual tradition.