A slower moving bit of wildlife

 My friend Susan was driving, but she had lived and worked in Madison County, so she knew much of the back roads we were taking to our friends house. As we turned off the paved road to the gravel road, there was someone who stopped us in our tracks.

I got out and introduced myself, and asked if we could pass, and perhaps help this slower moving critter along his/her way. I know we did disrupt his moving along the clear roadway, which I'd certainly choose over the weeds and hill next to the gravel...but we couldn't drive up without moving the Box Turtle.

So I left him at the side of the road, behind our car, and hoping he'd choose the ditch to go on his way rather than the paved road right beyond the ditch. We didn't see him when we left a few hours later.