Turtle Rescue

Yesterday monring I went out to the truck to go get some gas for the lawnmower and there was a turtle on the road next to Ryan's truck. It was a good size turtle, the shell was about 7-8 inches long and it had a lot of algae/moss on its shell. Not really sure where it came from, there is a small creek in the area, by the fire station but its about 300 yards away, and this turtle was quite a ways from that, and the wrong side of the road. Maybe one of the neighbors has a pond or something in their backyard.

Anyway the sun was up and it was already starting to warm up quite a bit. I can't imagine that that turtle was enjoying being on the pavement. So we decided to perform a rescue. I got a bucket to put the turtle in and took him down the pond at Winniford Park. It took a few moments but he eventually swam off.