Yesterday I drove the rental car for the first time. I have never driven on the opposite side of the road (not “wrong” side, just different- I keep trying to say). It was pretty strange, we keep turning on the windshield wipers instead of the turn indicator because everything in the car is the complete opposite as they are in the states, but after doing it for awhile I got used to it and stopped being nervous- that is until I had to drive through the sheep stampede!
The entire county of NZ has 4 1/2 million people (probably the population of Denver metro from Ft. Collins to CO Springs) but there are 40 million sheep. And yesterday as I was driving this totally curvy road this farmer was herding his sheep right down the highway! At the time I didn’t think it was very funny, because sometimes the babies would just stop right in front of my car and baaaa and I was terrified of hitting them because I did as the other drivers did around me and just kept driving through the herd.
Having actually herded sheep for a few years, the secret is – keep moving forward, slowly. They will move. LOL
They have a reputation for not being the brightest bulbs in the animal kingdom – justly deserved.
SO enjoying your blog and living vicariously through you.
Cathy
What happened to the buck naked picture? Is this a case of web censorship or self censorship?
Thanks for the sheep picture. I am sure that driving on the left side of the street is unnerving, but it looks like both you and the sheep survived the adventure.