to pull over for a while and give the brakes a rest, i had mistakenly not done this in a previous trip and had problems. there was a lot of road construction happening, so there were a number of wide areas where we could pull over.
i got out of the car, and walked around, just to check all the tires, and smell the brakes, a good excuse to stretch the legs. i was at the front of the car and my first view of the creature was in the side mirror.
i said something to my wife, i can't even remember what it was, i turned and faced where we had 