{"id":129,"date":"2009-05-10T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tessa.datdec.com\/wordpress\/?p=129"},"modified":"2009-05-10T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T13:59:00","slug":"nature-by-the-side-of-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=129","title":{"rendered":"Nature by the side of the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eve and I went to
\n the Aquatic Center today to do a little make-up swim lesson. On
\n the way we saw a GIGANTIC turtle by the side of the road. The
\n turtle was walking, slowly, towards the road. I pulled over and
\n moments later a few other people did to. The turtle promptly
\n laid down and stopped moving. We were all a bit concerned that
\n the turtle would try to cross the road and there’s no way it
\n would have made it! I think it could have done some damage to a
\n car too! Anyway, we hung out for awhile and then a game warden
\n happened by. He pulled over when he saw the turtle, or the
\n crowd, and told us that it’s a female snapping turtle and
\n trying to lay eggs. He said they prefer the gravely, compacted
\n soil by the sides of the road. He said he hadn’t seen this
\n specific one, but he said all over town there are turtles
\n laying eggs by the side of the road. Weird, huh? He said he
\n didn’t think she would cross the road, more likely just lay
\n eggs and go back to the swampy area she came from. He also said
\n that snapping turtles have necks over a foot long and reach out
\n and snap super quickly. We hung out for a bit longer than went
\n off to the splash park.<\/p>\n

While swimming
\n Eve drew tons of attention, a group of older women even broke
\n into applause after one particularly spectacular jump into the
\n water. She has a great mix of personality, always entertaining,
\n and fun in the water. She attracts attention everywhere we
\n go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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