One of the not so good things about living in Montana is all the deer that LOVE to cross the highway. I think You know where I'm going with this.....
Last Friday Chet and I were on our way to Great Falls for Chet's guard drill weekend and we were five hours behind because our car was in the shop. We had Reagan in the back seat sleeping and we were about 75 minutes away from home on a two lane highway, it was pitch black and all of a sudden a deer comes running across the highway and we hit it dead on. It came out of nowhere and thankfully when Chet slammed on our brakes we didn't slide off the highway but it actually helped the impact from hitting the deer. We immediately pulled off and looked at our car. We were fine and so was Reagan, thankfully. The deer.....not so much. But the front of our car was pretty destroyed. So we turned around, went home and ended up not going to great falls, which was a very smart decision because the collision company looked under the hood of our car yesterday and there is quite a bit of damage on the inside. We do have insurance and will, hopefully, only have to pay a deductible. Now we have a tiny little rental car that doesn't work too well in the winter. Hopefully we will get a bigger car tomorrow because its been snowing a lot up here.
The positives out-way the negatives of living in Montana. But hitting a dear and having car issues is not fun at all. But on a positive note, at least we weren't hurt and our Reagan is okay.
So if you ever come to Montana drive slow and watch out for those deer that love to get on the highway.
