I had a hellish travel day yesterday. It started when I flew home, at 2 AM early Saturday morning. After spending a short weekend in Boston, I jumped on an flight to Chicago at 6 PM EST. Once reaching Chicago, I had an hour and a half layover. This was extended to three and a half hours, since my departing flight was late. First it was just a delay in the incoming flight. Then I sat through another maintenance delay.
By the time I got into Northwest Arkansas, it was 2 AM CST. I was dead tired and driving from the airport to my corporate apartment. The road from the airport has very few lights and requires a lot of high-beams to avoid skunks, snakes, raccoons and beavers.
I was trying to change the audio on the brand new Ford Focus that I got from Hertz. So naturally, I didn’t see the bunny rabbit sitting in the middle of the road.
I swerved right onto the shoulder to avoid the little guy. But he decided to head off the road. I then swerved left to try to run directly over it. I was hoping that it would miss the wheels and wouldn’t get hit by the low car. I was hoping that it would just pass safely under the car. Sadly, the rabbit decided to switch directions yet again. I hit him directly with my left front wheel.
There was a sickening crunch as it went under the tire. I imagine that it is probably the same crunch you get as if you eat an Ortolon.
