Lezli and I witnessed the aftermath of a horrific accident today on I-30. We were heading to Rockwall to take the kids to the sprinkler park. We got into a traffic jam in Royse City with signs on the side of the road warning "accident ahead". As we got closer to the accident site, we could see a chicken truck on the side of the road with chicken crates stacked up on the ground. (There are chicken farms around here somewhere, and we often see these horrible trucks driving down the interstate carrying crate upon crate of white chickens stuffed inside with feathers flying everywhere. Sad stuff.) Anyway, one of these trucks was in an accident today, and there were dead chickens all over! Oh, it was terrible! The clean-up involved a flatbed truck full of chicken bodies, and men were picking up more carcasses off the ground. I can't even imagine what it looked like when it all happened. I think I saw one live chicken with it's head poking up above the grass. Poor little thing. It's all enough to make me want to swear off meat. (I say that every time I see those trucks. Haven't given up meat yet. Ha!)
On the way home, I got behind a childrens' carnival ride. The Hunt County fair starts this weekend in Greenville, and I'm guessing the ride was on it's way to Greenville. It was strange to see gigantic, rainbow-colored bears wobbling all over the place as we're traveling 70+ mph.
And the clincher? I began passing a truck pulling a flatbed trailer. As I approached, I realized it was carrying a giant (and I do mean HUGE), headless pair of shoulders clad in a suit and tie. The head riding next to it belonged to none other than President Obama. Weird.
Too bad I'm not quick on the draw. I failed to capture a single photo of any of this stuff on my cell phone. Would have made this post a lot more interesting. Oh well. Use your imaginations.
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I remember we all were traveling together one time and we passed two or three of those chicken haulers. You were freaking out about the feathers flying everywhere. LMAO. Tara, we are doing chickens a favor by eating them. They are ugly. Keeps them from looking at themselves in the water every morning. When you hear the rooster crow, it's not because the sun is coming up. He saw his reflection and he's horrified.
Roy, you are hilarious :)
Tara, you had a way more interesting drive home than I did! The Obama head is... really weird. Wonder if that's going to the fair, too. Wow.
I am hoping Obama is not going to the fair too...what a funny thing to see! What has this world come to?
Did your kids see all of this as well? Any signs of trauma? :)
Dad, you're terrible! HaaHaa!! And I absolutely HATE those trucks. I wig out every time I see one. Ughhh!
The Obama truck, and another one in front of it had something saying "Obama Tours" or something like that. I don't know what they do, but whatever it is, it involves a huge Obama bust!
And thankfully, the girls were watching tv on the trip. They don't notice a thing when the tv's on. No trauma this time. :)
Tara, I feel the same way about those chicken trucks! Every time I saw one I got sad and thought about becoming a vegetarian. Glad I'm not alone!
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