I still get excited when I see a wild animal while we’re traveling, which is weird, because we live out in the country and I see wild things all the time. For some reason, a deer in Oklahoma thrills me, whereas a deer in Ohio is just eating my flowers and causing a traffic hazard.
We were traveling through Arkansas yesterday. I have seen more weird animals in Arkansas than anywhere. They have everything from groundhogs to armadillos, and all of them seem to have a special fascination with the highway. As it got close to dusk, the hoards of creatures started appearing by the side of the road.
“Oh my gosh, I think I just saw a wombat.”
“It was a goat, babe. In a pen.”
“Nope. Definitely wombat. They must farm wombats in Arkansas. Probably because there aren’t any Sasquatch here to eat them.”
“I know I’m going to regret this, but why aren’t there Sasquatch in Arkansas?”
“Because Arkansas is full of warthogs, which is the only natural enemy of Sasquatch. Warthogs eat baby Sasquatch.”
