The Reptile State

The Turtle Gundy Saved

We have seen lots of wildlife in the past few days. This is the first state where we have turtles-lots of turtles trying to cross the road and lots that haven't made it. Early this morning we saw a police car alongside another car. We thought a traffic ticket. But the policeman and the other driver were trying to get a large turtle to finish crossing the road by prodding it with a stick. An hour later Gundy stopped to rescue another turtle from heading into traffic. This is also the state where we have seen lots of dead and sometimes large snakes in the road. This afternoon while resting under some trees after the ride Mark jumped up yelling: snake! and so did I. He was right it was about 2 and a half feet and vibrantly colored in a diamond pattern with two gold stripes along the sides. Beautiful but scarey too because neither of us know about snakes. So for me this is the reptile state.
Each state is different. When you begin to get near a border the scenery melds into the next states predominant profile. We are only getting a snippit but because our traveling is slow we have time to really look around us. Do you remember as a child knowing every crack in the sidewalk on the way to school? it is sort of like that.