After literally years of searching, I finally found my old turtle pics. This was my first turtle ever and I got him for my birthday in September of 1979. The date on the back of some of these photos says Aug. 1980. The pictures are absolutely terrible quality, but my mind fills in the blanks just fine. I tried for many years to figure out what, exactly, he was, and only recently figured out he was a Western Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata luteola. I have no way to verify this, but I'm pretty sure. Giving him up was one of the stupidest things I've ever done. I'd give anything to get him back...