Day 2: Doe a Deer, A Female Deer

This morning on my way to work (after I fed the animals of course) I came across a rather frightening road obstacle: two deers. I have found the trick to driving safely on sheets of solid ice is to always have your vehicle in perpetual motion. When you, that is when the problems happen. The last thing that I wanted was to stop my car 100% and to get caught in a five foot drift out in the middle of nowhere. (I am not exaggerating about the height of the drifts here, the snow has been pile up….. it has to go somewhere, why not into a five foot drift, right?) Upon approaching the deer in the early morning light I slowed my vehicle down quite a bit but the damn animals kept crossing the road. It was almost as if they could see my white knuckles on the steering wheels. “Oh, this looks like fun. I will go left and you will go right.” One deer said to the other. In the end my little Yaris and the deers coexisted on the country road well together this morning, but next time I will come prepared…with the form of a distraction or two.

Lesson learned: Go slow and carry apples in your car as a means of distraction.