i hadn't driven up Reesor at night for a few weeks and i got the chance tonight. it was darker than i remembered. i got to use the high beams. i like high beams because it makes me feel polite when i lower them for traffic ahead. i like using them when going up hills and then turning it down as i crest the top so that the light points to the road ahead.
i zipped along at about 96 kph. fast enough so that i could pass the 60 sign without it registering in my mind. i slowed for the railroad tracks because they were bumpy. and there was a blind bend after the second one. back on straight road i let the Yaris play, dodging pair of raccoons who had dirtied the road with their hemoglobin. they hid their bandit-faces. possibly in shame for the mess they made.
i wondered what would happen if a deer crossed my path. i was already pushing 100 and even on high beams, i was probably overrunning my headlights.
i eased off the gas.
a flash of white and russet caught my eye and she came into full view, padding elegantly across the road with eyes lidded from the sudden light as i neared. i glided to a stop just as the doe finished crossing the opposite lane. she tossed a look over her shoulder and flicked her tail as she waded into the grass, out of the glare and back into the night.
EDIT: Sunday, November 19
Driving home along 14th Ave today after church, i encountered another deer, a juvenile buck that traipsed across a few fields and the road. i stopped to watch it bound away to the north over the corn stalks that had been cut down for winter. where his herd was, i do not know.
i zipped along at about 96 kph. fast enough so that i could pass the 60 sign without it registering in my mind. i slowed for the railroad tracks because they were bumpy. and there was a blind bend after the second one. back on straight road i let the Yaris play, dodging pair of raccoons who had dirtied the road with their hemoglobin. they hid their bandit-faces. possibly in shame for the mess they made.
i wondered what would happen if a deer crossed my path. i was already pushing 100 and even on high beams, i was probably overrunning my headlights.
i eased off the gas.
a flash of white and russet caught my eye and she came into full view, padding elegantly across the road with eyes lidded from the sudden light as i neared. i glided to a stop just as the doe finished crossing the opposite lane. she tossed a look over her shoulder and flicked her tail as she waded into the grass, out of the glare and back into the night.
EDIT: Sunday, November 19
Driving home along 14th Ave today after church, i encountered another deer, a juvenile buck that traipsed across a few fields and the road. i stopped to watch it bound away to the north over the corn stalks that had been cut down for winter. where his herd was, i do not know.
4 comments:
poor raccoons...did i tell you about the doe and two fawns that were wandering about my neighbourhood over the summer? we saw them pooping and peeing in our backyard. my grandma was visiting from hong kong and she thought they were cows.
you're so lucky!
ray
oh that's cooool. my bro and i saw two deer a couple weeks back as we're driving along sheppard near the church! :) near the rouge valley
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