Suicidal Animals

It’s no secret that I work out in the wilderness. Now this isn’t the 1800’s so the term “wilderness” takes on a whole new 21st century meaning. But regardless, I work out where wild animals are still roaming wild and free. Occasionally on my ride to or from work I’ll see a kit fox crossing the road far ahead of me or a rabbit sitting in the brush on the sides. Very rarely am I put in a position where the animals become a factor while I drive. On my way to work yesterday morning I had just passed a car on the highway and was accelerating up when suddenly a rabbit decides that it should cross the highway right in front of my car. I do my best to swerve. It’s impossible to say what happened, since it is still very dark at 6:15 in the morning. I’d like to believe I missed it but there’s no way of telling if I or another car got it.

Today as I was driving to work I saw what looked like a dead coyote lying on the side of the road about 1/2 mile from my rabbit incident yesterday. Once again, in the blink of an eye, it's swallowed up by the darkness as I speed past it. I had a field meeting early this morning and took the back road through the oil fields. After a few minutes, 2 furry rabbits jumped out in front of me again to cross the road. Fortunately, I couldn’t go very fast and had enough time to react before hitting them. It’s never been much of a problem before, but suddenly I’m encountering suicidal animals. If they aren’t too careful their going to be a part of a lame joke.

Why did the rabbit cross the road?
Well I guess it doesn’t matter much anymore.