Monday, May 17, 2010

Cows

A few weeks ago I had to change my cycling route because I kept getting chased by dogs.

This weekend I had to deal with cows on the road.

I came across a pack of them that managed to wonder off of someone's farm. As you can see from the video, they totally freaked out when they saw me.

When I came upon them I slowed down and stayed behind them because I was nervous about riding alongside them -- I was thinking about the scene in Jurassic Park where the T-rex is running along side the Jeep and head-buts it. As a result, two cows ran ahead of me for half a mile until they moved far enough to the side of the road so that I could quickly pass them. To be clear, my forward motion was causing them to continue running forward -- all the other cows just ran off to the side of the road. I wonder how long it took for the owner to track those cows down.

3 comments:

  1. This sort of thing does NOT happen in the city and county of Philadelphia.

    How far do you ride?

    PA Polls close in just under two hours.

    ...jac

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  2. More importantly as a "city slicker" it's only appropriate that you have now encountered cows.

    -j

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