Deer In The Headlights

The title says it all ,

Wednesday night, we had a deer in our headlights

almost physically IN them.

We were driving home from Pizza Hut

where we had gone for their

Wednesday night pizza and salad buffet.

We were traveling along

the Erie Canal . . .

and yes, it's THAT Erie Canal of

"I got a mule and her name is Sal,

15 miles on the Erie Canal" fame.

The street we were on is full of houses,

from where we started,

Niagara Falls Blvd.

(Yes, THAT Niagara Falls)

to home.

But, the lighting for this street

really SUCKS!

Plus, as Snoopy types out

 at the beginning of every one of his "novels:"

"It was a dark and stormy night."

Well, no storms,

but the kind of night

where the  streets are wet

and look black with no lines.

When we got close to the one factory,

on our journey home,

THIS is what we saw . . .

only HE wasn't jumping this high.

He had to have been running parallel to us

then decided to go across the street.

Neither one of us saw him coming

but when he went across in front of us . . .

thank heavens the husband

was driving sensibly

or we would be looking at

one smashed in front end.

We have seen deer in this area before . . .

but this fella was HUGE.

All we had seen before

were does and their fawns in the wooded area

and on top of the old garbage dump behind the factory.

but never this time of the evening.

But, they live on both sides of the canal

and go from side to side,

or going to the canal for drinks.

(Wonder what he was drinking . . .whiskey and water . . LOLOL)

We decided

this was the last time we came home this way at night.

We will be driving the more lighted routes

hoping the deer are all snug in their beds.