Hittin' The Road With Mr. Toad

So, the other day we helped some friends move across the island to their new home.  Our job was to haul all the fragile house plants. This is where the big Ford van comes in handy because it's enclosed so the plants were saved from the high winds of a "back of the pickup" beating. Here we are at the new place: (Our van not pictured)

After we finished our little mission and after congratulations and salutations, I went out to the van to put it back together which mostly meant spreading out the carpeting that had been rolled up out of the way to avoid dirt from the plants. As I was stuffing the carpeting back under the spare tire I ran into something soft & squishy that suddenly hopped out!

Evidently he'd hopped aboard at our house and came along for the ride across the island. After trying to capture him (he was still in the van) with the idea of perhaps containing him and returning him back to our side of the island (the wet side), he suddenly took a surprisingly large pee on the floor of the van. We could NOT abide that behavior so, he was gently removed, He vigorously hopped off  into a neighbor's yard and we headed to a nearby beach for a swim. Here is a closeup of this rather magnificent creature: (Remember to click to enlarge)