I have the pleasure of living on a small hill (mountain, depending on your point of view) so every day to leave I have to drive down the hill. I can shortcut up over the little ridge to head south or just follow the slope of the hill, skirting past downtown if I want to head north. As I usually need to head south, I had to drive up over the ridge. To my surprise there was one of those bright construction-orange Caution signs right at the top of the ridge right on the orange double line. That point of the drive is also where another road intersects so it is a bit of a blind corner. So I dutifully slowed down and took a quick look around to see what I am slowing down for. When I didn't see anything at first glace, I just thought it must be something to do with the curvy downhill drive ahead of me. At least I was warned to slow down. You never know what you will find.
On my way back home, I took the shortcut up over the ridge. To my surprise, the caution sign was still there. Since I didn't see anything on the way up, I was curious why I should slow down. Only as I approached the sign did I finally see what the caution sign was warning me about. Underneath that Caution sign was one skunk, slightly flattened. That was nice of someone to warn me not to hit the skunk that was already road paint. However, it would have been nice if that caution sign wasn't up for another 24hrs. Really? Couldn't someone come out and scoop up the skunk sooner than that?
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