Just Passin’ By

You could just read her expression: “Hey boys! How ya’ll doing?

My brother and I had to pick up a cow from a vet in north San Angelo. She was one of those jersey cows that had such a good temperament you just kind of enjoyed being around her.

We got her loaded in the trailer just fine…and we were headed to the place with her. My brother was driving his truck (it was his trailer too) and I sat in the passenger seat. We pulled up to this stop sign before going on to a fairly busy street. I felt the back of the pickup lift up, and I thought we had been rear ended.

Nope! As I looked out the passenger window, I see the trailer-jersey cow inside- rolling smoothly past us right onto that busy street. Jersey cow put her head over the top rail of the trailer and gave us a look that sent me laughing to the floor….it was one of those Kodak moments and she knew it too. “I am just passing by!”

Fortunately, the traffic was light at the moment, and the trailer just glided to a stop about 50 yards in front of us. As we pulled up alongside of the trailer…”it was howdy boys, how ya’ll doing! And where have ya’ll been?”

We quickly hooked that trailer on a half inch too small ball, wrapped a chain around the hitch…and drove home. My brother and I couldn’t talk all the way home…we were laughing so hard.

Momma cow was really relieved and glad to be home. She did not say a word to anyone about our trip.