Monday. 5 PM. Prime traffic time. And the fact that I live in a small town has no effect what-so-ever on the amount of people out on the roads at 5 PM. Rush hour is still rush hour.
I had just spent the last ten minutes behind a slow-moving Prius that decided to stop every time a bus pulled off the road and wait for it to pull back out (Seriously people? The bus pulls off the road for a reason! So that you can go around it!).
Anyway...
The Prius turns off the main road, and I’m finally free. So, naturally, I start speeding up and shifting gears like I’m in a Formula One racecar. I’m enjoying the open road in front of me, when a movement on the side of the road catches my eye. A rafter (yes, I looked that word up!) of turkeys was hanging out on the side of the road. Wild turkeys!
And before I knew what was happening, one of those turkeys decided it wanted to be on the other side of the road, and promptly walked right in front of my car. I slammed on the brakes to avoid squashing to poor, oblivious turkey, and watched as more of his little buddies decided to take a stroll into oncoming traffic as well. I almost laughed out loud! Every time I tried to drive past, another turkey stepped out in front of me.
Now some people were not so excited about the turkeys. A big, giant pick-up truck started blasting his horn and tried to go around me (a little rude if I do say so. Impatient much?). So Angry Pick-Up Driver was pretty confused when he found his path blocked by a turkey. Haha!
So before you embark on your next driving excursion, be sure to check the road for turkeys. They seem to be out on some sort of suicide mission…and “squashed by tires” is not a good way to go.
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