[DollyCali]

Hi Dita! Ohio is gorgeous for the forests of hardwoods & the vast park systems that protect them. We dont do a killer pace when we go out. We "smell the roses" more or less & stop often to tak pix & watch the dogs play etc.

okay, forgive me for NOT knowing you were a turtle enthusiast! Do you have some? When my son grew up he had a wonderful pond that he dug & found turtles. He had some for years & fed them & cared for them. He still likes them but not sure if the kids still maintain the set up at his "ex's " place.

Here is a pix from my outing on bike last week. I took hundreds of pix of so many things. As it was overcast there were not as many turtles out sunning as there would be on a nice day. I have some I will dig out for you of John & a turtle we found a few years ago. We often find big ones lumbering across the towpath. We pick them up (they try to bit us) & get them to safety so mean kids dont hurt them

This pix is in the ErieOhio Canal very close to area where OhioTurnpike (I-80) and Interstate 271 cross over the Cuyahoga Valley. HUGE BRIDGES.

[La Enchiladita]

That was quick, Dolly!! I like that turtle sunning itself. No, I never had them as pets, would like to get the small green ones someday. But, I am fascinated by turtles. I used to walk through a botanical garden and across a little wooden bridge over the crick and there would be the turtles stickin' they little heads up.

Also, saw them in my aunt and uncle's pond in Oklahoma in the country.... don't have those pics on disk yet though.

The snapper looks a bit different, and I hope you carry gloves for when you need to move the turtles. This is a treat that you came up with the photos. Here are a couple I saved of an Egyptian tortoise and babies...