Over At The Lake

... would have loved all this incessant summer rain back in the heavy creekin' days - used to perform rain dances back then... now not so much... rivers have been a chocolate malt...

... the lake is the balance...

... hadn't hung out with that guy in a while - two years, one month, nine days, twelve hours (to be precise)...

Smokin' Stogies With Arnold

... this should be viewed on Full Screen mode...

(You Tube Video)

... gotta' love Arnold...

Mud For Your Turtle

... ran into (and almost over) this guy while riding MTB's a few days back...

... Common Snapping Turtle...

... medium size - maybe a little over twelve inches - we've seem 'em probably twice that big... was out sunning himself right in the middle, and on a blind corner of, a local off roader trail - not good... we wanted to get 'em off the path and he was a bit feisty... fortunately, annoyed with our efforts to assist, he crawled the short distance back to his roadside mud hole and in short order was buried in the mire, rid of us...

... saw a guy about a month ago carrying one off a busy roadway - he was grasping the turtle by the sides of the shell and moving (understandably) with obvious trepidation - don't blame 'em - from that angle those guys can reach right around and snap your hand...

(You Tube Video)

... here's some good advise we found if ya' ever find yourself tasked with helping a snapping turtle cross the road...

... hope this saves a turtle or two...