Are we telling tales now? I had some turtle fun. The last was after a long rainy day after which my bow paddler had an unexpected break down. I found her in tears with everything that went in the tent piled around her in the middle to avoid the half cup of water she brought in. But as I wiped up the puddle, the rain kept pouring down and in her defense, it sounded nasty in the tent.

Meanwhile a snapper was eyeing our hard won dinner and it took a couple of good whacks with the spare paddle to convince him to let go. Once  he did, he resurfaced five feet out and continued to hiss for a very long time, loud enough to be heard in the tent once the rain stopped.

The rain did eventually subside and I'm happy to report neither held a grudge although I did keep an eye out for that bad ass turtle the rest of the evening.