A Turtle Named Percy

Last weekend we traveled down to Harrah to visit my parents and to also attend a family cookout (more to come on that later).  It had been a few weeks since my parents had seen Hudson and they were very happy to finally reunite.

At some point during our visit my mom told Hudson that they had a "pet" turtle that had been hanging around their shop for a few weeks, stealing dog food eating shop bugs and doing what box turtles do, and that if he wanted to help her do a thorough search outside they were sure to find it.

Of course he was excited at the thought of finding the little box turtle, so, they were off on an adventure.  They soon found the turtle and Hudson was granted the honor of naming it.  After going through several names, he finally decided on "Percy."  Sadly, the situation with Percy soon fizzled out, as it was Hudson's first time to see a turtle and he was actually terrified.  He wanted to keep a safe distance the entire time and I never got a picture of the two of them together.  But of course, I couldn't let Percy get away without getting a few pics of him, and I must say, he was quite photogenic.