The jog home either completely stressed out the turtle, or lulled it to sleep.  Either way, I was breathing harder than the turtle by the time we made it home.

Boo looked at the turtle in disbelief as he was certain that his beloved Shield was the only turtle in our lake.  And now, here was proof that Shield came from something.

One relaxed turtle.

Rosebud carried the turtle to a shallow spot in the lake to let it go.  She set the turtle down so they could watch it walk for awhile and the children thought it was super cool to be able to hear the turtle's shell dragging on the rocks and on the ground.  The neighborhood dog, Holly, a chocolate lab that is ALWAYS wet, even stopped by long enough to scare the turtle into its shell and the children got to see how quickly the turtle could hide.  Thankfully, Holly lost interest quickly and did not try to follow the turtle into the lake.