We were going for a Sunday drive through the woods, when B slammed on the brakes! We had come upon this very large gopher tortoise, smack-dab in the middle of the road. We got out to take a closer look and a couple of pictures.
Tell me that’s not a sweet face!
And I love all the texture. Its legs remind me of the black beach stones in Oregon.
As we were not in the truck, but in my low-riding car, (not to be confused with a low-rider!) we needed to move the tortoise in order to continue. There is no way my car would have cleared it. As B encouraged it off the road, it hissed and hissed but eventually went far enough so that we could drive on.
I love that I have fond memories of watching the Gopher races on the 4th of July in Panama City.
ReplyDeleteIt took less to entrtain us back when we were young.