Eastern Box Turtle

Eastern Box Turtle
On Shelby Bottoms Greenway

Saw this little guy slowly trying to cross the paved path Monday. I stopped, made this photo, then picked him up and put him across the path before he got hit by a fast-moving bike.

Keep your eyes open! There is always another adventure around the next corner. 

Shelby Bottoms Greenway

My regular routine three days a week is to bike the Stones River Greenway five miles to the Shelby Bottoms Greenway pictured here, three miles to the Nature Center giving me a round trip of 16 miles. Shelby Bottoms is an easier greenway because there are few hills, unlike Stones River with many steep hills. When more ambitious I go downtown making it a 22 or 23 mile trip or to Bicentennial Mall and Farmers' Market for a 28 mile round trip. Shelby Bottoms is mostly level and wooded like in this photo.

Nature on my Adventures Blog

Wednesday morning I rode my bike to Farmers' Market north of downtown Nashville for lunch and then back. On the way there I photographed this huge Pileated Woodpecker, Wild Tom Turkey with tail spread, and some wildflowers. Could have been posted here on Nature Notes just as well. See the photos at:
http://charliedoggettadventures.blogspot.com/2014/04/biked-to-farmers-market-for-lunch-today.html

My Adventures Blog often includes nature, so consider following it as well as this one.