I’m happy to say none of the following resulted in any fatalities.
I had four encounters with animals in the road while I was out driving this weekend.
In reverse order, I was driving home from a nearby town tonight and I saw a cat sitting in the road. It was sitting in the left land and I was driving in the right so no problem.
The squirrel I encountered this afternoon while driving to that town was more of a problem. He seemed panicked and every time I swerved one way to avoid him, he reversed direction and ran back into my path. Fortunately I was driving slowly and nobody was behind me so I was able to come to a complete stop and just wait until he finally chose a direction and ran off the road.
The two dogs I encountered Sunday were less co-operative. They had apparently decided the road was part of their territory and were out in the middle of it, barking at me to back off. I was not going to turn around but every time I tried to steer around them, they ran out in front of my car and just barked louder. I tried honking my horn at them but that didn’t chase them away. I was finally able to steer far enough to the side of the road to get by them.
The saddest encounter was the duck I saw Saturday. She was just sitting in the middle of the expressway, letting high speed traffic go by on each side of her. I feel she must have decided to lay an egg in a pothole and now she wouldn’t leave it. She was okay when I saw her but I do not foresee a happy outcome to that one.
Mundane? Pointless? Miscellaneous? Personal? Check, check, check, and check.