Sensible chooks

Woke to very light rain and virtually no wind, checked the rain radar and the local roads statuses and decided it was all safe to travel.  I knew the road was narrow and windy but I'd forgotten just how narrow and windy!  As expected, the two and a half hour journey actually took me longer.  I was surprised though that it took close to six hours.  About an hour of this was due to a serious accident - I pulled over to let 2 fire engines and a smaller truck pass then about 5kms further arrived at the scene which was crawling with police, fire and ambulance.  When it was all cleared - about an hour later - and we were able to drive on, there was still a car on its side in a ditch.  A tow truck had already removed another car from the road.  One of the firemen had told me that it wasn't as bad as it looked.  I can only hope that no-one was seriously injured or worse.  It was a very somber reminder that windy roads that are rained on after a period of hot dryness can be very slippery.  Another stop along the way was to let a few vehicles pass me and I found I was sharing the lay-by with these two (wild?) chooks who were sheltering under a picnic table from the light rain.  Very sensible chooks!  On then to Whitianga to do a little grocery shopping for J and to get some sanitation liquids for the van.  I couldn't believe how hard the latter was and I ended up spending well over an hour visiting various locations around the small town before I got some. Finally arrived at J's. It was wonderful to see her again and of course, a lengthy catch-up began and will, I'm sure, continue for a few days longer yet!