Yom Kippur in the afternoon

The second coolest thing I saw today, family excluded, was a fallen log in the Eno River. There were ten turtles on it, in a wide range of size and species, and they were just sitting there, sunning themselves. Somewhere upstream a small girl was shouting "Turtles! Turtles!" One craned his neck to acknowledge the noise. The rest? They were turtles.

I saw a couple of dads fishing with their daughters, faces beaming with paternal pride as one of the little girls hauled in what had to be her firs...
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Published on September 19, 2010 01:33
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