Well, I'm in LOVE!!!
DH and I were in Tyler today, for our annual eye exam (we both got a clean bill of health
) and were driving near to Baymule's homestead on our way home. I gave her a call and asked if we could stop and see the lambs.
When we first got there, we went to see the lambs. All four lambs are absolutely ADORABLE!!!
The twins born on New Year's Eve are white with black heads. The Eweling (Eve) has the black heart on her front right knee. The the little boy, (soon to be wethered and called Dinner.
) has a black spot on his back right foot.
Bay picked Eve up and handed her to me over the fence. She cuddled into my arms so sweetly!
I fell head over heels for this sweet little lamb. I turned around and headed for the truck.
Actually, it was really sweet, mama had Dinner (hint: ALL of Bay's wethers are called Dinner.
), was looking all over, but couldn't find Eve, I think she was starting to get frantic. So, I had to give her back. I very reluctantly handed her back over the fence.
Mama seemed really happy to see Eve!
After we got the tour, outside, we went inside and Bay's DH made us some great unsweetene tea and we all had a nice chat. DH and I finally had to leave, so we could get home to feed the animals before dark.
On our way home, we had a 15 mile stretch of road, on which the speed limit is 70mph. About a mile into the trip, we came upon two trucks (a trash truck and a box truck) going about 60mph. Frustrating, but you take a deep breath and drive. After all, we weren't in a hurry, but did want to get home to feed the animals before it got dark. But then, as the trip progressed, the trash truck began to go slower and slower. GRRRRR!!! That whole stretch of road has an extra wide, paved shoulder, so he could have pulled over, to let cars pass, but he didn't do that.
So, we went from 60 to 55 to 53 to 50, to 48 to 45 mph!!!!
When the speed got down to 48, I started looking for a place to pass (in a passing zone). The box truck, in front of us, kept riding the yellow line, and that made it hard to creep over to see if there was any oncoming traffic in the passing zone. It seemed like the times I was able to see ahead, there were cars coming.
FINALLY, after we had been going 45 for a while, I found a stretch of road where I could pass BOTH trucks. And I went for it!!!
Right after I passed the trash truck, I was going 70mph and maintained that speed as I watched the trash truck & box trucks get smaller behind us. They had a string of 20 cars creeping along behind them.
I don't think anyone else passed the trucks, because there was an empty road, with NO cars behind us. I really think, if I hadn't passed those trucks, we would have gotten home after dark.
So, what makes a truck drive 45 in a 70 zone?????
Engine trouble?
On his cell? (That is now illegal in TX)
Day dreaming?
Conserving gas, because his tank is almost empty?
A tire was losing air. Then he should have pulled off the road.
He's a jerk?!?!?! A control freak?! BINGO!
Personally, since the speed kept getting progressively slower and then maintained a whopping 25mph
under the speed limit, I think the guy was being a jerk, and wanted to see how many people he could control and get to stay in a line behind him. Oh, and as I passed him, he started to creep over the yellow line!!!
In all my years of driving, I have never run into anything like this on the road. And I pray I never do again.
