Those of you that have been following me know that my kids are into nature and love studying just about anything that crawls. Sometimes it creeps me out the things they bring to show me but in the same sense I’m glad they are mini brave explorers.

A few weeks ago I get a call early in the morning from my dad asking me to get the kids ready to go outside. All he told me was he had something they would love to see. When he arrived he had this unique looking turtle in the trunk of his car. He found it trying to cross the road. He literally didn’t see him until the last minute and almost hit him. He put our kids in charge of watching over him as he journeyed home.

Since I knew it could take all day to see this little fellow off, I decided to get a series of shots while we waited. I played around with the color edits to get different looks.

The kids wanted to give him lettuce to fuel him for the long journey ahead...but he politely declined :)

At first he wouldn’t budge at all to come out of his shell but once the kids settled down and out of his face finally we were able to see more of him.

Here are some closeup details of his face...

Full shell...(still refusing the lettuce lol)

Side profile...

After I finished snapping the closeups and the kids were quiet on the porch he finally decided to start his journey home.

After he reached our driveway we knew he would be headed toward our neighbors yard.

We just hoped and prayed he would stay on the grass path and not into the street again.

We could only watch for so long before it was time for us to head back to the house. It was another fun adventure for the kids and I’m glad my dad chose them to watch over the turtle. Making lasting memories are a huge goal in our family so we try to jump on as many opportunities as possible.

Thanks for Viewing ~

All photos are my own and were taken with our Cannon EOS Rebel T6.

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