Funny turtle encounters! Rick "rescued" a snapper in the road once by picking him up by the edge of his shell (8:00 & 4:00 positions) Snapper stretched his long neck all the way back to bite him, so Rick Frisbeed him the rest of the way into the weeds. Your way sounds safer.
Yes. A great set of turtles. A few years ago, I was riding my bicycle on one of the rural roads here in Exeter, RI (stop and visit if you are coming through RI?) and a huge snapping turtle was crossing the road in front of me. Dragging its claws across the road, I should say. I remember stopping a truck coming the other way so it would wait until the turtle finished crossing. We often have small turtles crossing our rural road from one swamp to another. I've learned if we pick them up to hurry them across so they don't get squished, to keep them moving in the same direction they were already going. Mike and I are just back from a 70th bday celebration for him in Marfa TX and Big Bend. His life dream has been to go to Marfa and see all of Donald Judd's sculptures. A fabulous trip. It included our swimming a few hours in the largest spring-fed swimming pool in the country an hour north of Marfa, in Balmorhea. Built in 1934 (!), it still has native fish and, yes, turtles swimming along the bottom (about 20 feet deep), so that was a hoot.
Funny turtle encounters! Rick "rescued" a snapper in the road once by picking him up by the edge of his shell (8:00 & 4:00 positions) Snapper stretched his long neck all the way back to bite him, so Rick Frisbeed him the rest of the way into the weeds. Your way sounds safer.
Yes. A great set of turtles. A few years ago, I was riding my bicycle on one of the rural roads here in Exeter, RI (stop and visit if you are coming through RI?) and a huge snapping turtle was crossing the road in front of me. Dragging its claws across the road, I should say. I remember stopping a truck coming the other way so it would wait until the turtle finished crossing. We often have small turtles crossing our rural road from one swamp to another. I've learned if we pick them up to hurry them across so they don't get squished, to keep them moving in the same direction they were already going. Mike and I are just back from a 70th bday celebration for him in Marfa TX and Big Bend. His life dream has been to go to Marfa and see all of Donald Judd's sculptures. A fabulous trip. It included our swimming a few hours in the largest spring-fed swimming pool in the country an hour north of Marfa, in Balmorhea. Built in 1934 (!), it still has native fish and, yes, turtles swimming along the bottom (about 20 feet deep), so that was a hoot.
That Marfa trip sounds terrific! My wife has always wanted to go.
Oh, my!
Is that "Oh, my!" good?
Nicely done, story and turtle...
Thanks, Mark.