A GAGGLE OF GEESE STOPS TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 193!
My big moment yesterday came on my way to church. As Nneka Barnes drove me to church, we came upon a traffic jam. The traffic was at a complete halt. We commented that there must have been an accident, but upon closer inspection, Nneka exclaimed, There is no accident, just a bunch of ducks crossing the road!
Well, we sat, and sat some more, and the ducks, turned out to be geese, could not make up their minds on 193 whether they were going east or west. We were headed north. So we sat some more.
After I had had enough of the geese and their foolishness, I decided to get out and help them along while everyone else just sat and watched, including Nneka Barnes! LOL So, before she could lock the door and keep me in, I jumped out and went to the middle of the intersection, where the contrary geese continued holding up traffic.
There were about twelve of them, and half were going east, and the other half were going west, and one decided he was going north. No togetherness, at ALL!
For almost fifteen minutes, I was in the middle of the intersection, running back and forth to collect the geese, get them out of harm's way, and clear the traffic so we could get to church. We were already running late.
No, they would not cooperate! I should wave my arms to get them together, and they would run past each other. I would run around them to get back together, and they would split up. I finally got them all in the northbound lane and headed toward the sidewalk, and one pedestrian came over to help complete the task.
Needless to say, as soon as the southbound traffic saw the geese in the northbound lanes, they took off. Eventually, we finally got all of the geese to the sidewalk, and I walked back across the street to my car with Nneka Barnes waiting to get me to church.
As I got in my car, one woman slowed down enough to say out of her window, I hope you don't get hit getting in your car as she continued to drive past me and my open door!
