Rush hour at the intersection of Capital Circle and Centerville Road in Tallahassee, I'm sitting in G2 in the leftmost Northbound lane of Capital Circle. A family of five - Mom, Dad, 3 little ones - is waiting at the NE corner watching the traffic and waiting for a lull. They look both ways and enter the crosswalk toward the SE corner (crossing Centerville): Parent, children, another parent bringing up the rear. They get to the safety islet, stop and look again, then proceed to cross the right-turn lane from Cap Circle to Centerville eastbound, again staying exactly in the crosswalk. They get across safely, walking steadily and cautiously, watching for danger, finally get to green grass and head away. Perfectly disciplined, parents and children.
They are Canadian Geese.
Then a little closer to home, a Cooter (turtle) is waiting at the crosswalk heading west across Thomasville Road at Metropolitan. What is she thinking? Even waiting for the "walk" signal, there's not 1 chance in 10 she'll get across all six lanes at this time of day. I think she crossed Thomasville the other way from the bog to lay eggs, early early in the AM, and was headed back home.
I park the truck on the concrete median in Metropolitan, get the turtle (about 7 x 10 inches all pulled in), put her in the back of the truck, and just now released her near Lake Jackson. (Turtles don't mate for life, do they?)
