Oh, okay, it was this guy - a Mississippi Map Turtle - enjoying the first sand to be uncovered - the feeling of the full sun on his cold shell (cold water) - and life goes on... Photo by Delta Bohemian John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company

Oh, okay, it was this guy — a Mississippi Map Turtle — enjoying the first sand to be uncovered — the feeling of the full sun on his cold shell (cold water) — and life goes on… Photo by Delta Bohemian John Ruskey of Quapaw Canoe Company