Reason # 247 why we don't swim in the water by the boat

I have NO IDEA how this guy got up on the dock.

Here's how I originally found him - upsidedown, Friday night after my lovely evening at Brookgreen Gardens:



I grabbed a pole and flopped him upright. Although he hissed at me, I'm sure he was glad to be back on sure footing. He waddled over to the side of the dock (much quicker than one would expect a turtle of this size to move) and jumped in with an impressive splash and swam away. Whew!