October

October has just begun and it's already been an interesting month. On our way home from a birthday get together for our friend Rob I had my very first encounter with a deer. Now by encounter I don't mean it was the first deer I'd ever seen as growing up in NH and living in Rochester NY I saw my fair share of them. No by encounter I mean my car and the deer had a collision of sorts. Thankfully nobody was hurt (well except for the deer) and the only damage to the Jeep seemed to be the deer sized dent in the driver's side door.

Now in my defense I am used to being on the lookout for deer and other animals however by the time I actually saw this deer there was no stopping in time. I did what you learn when you are driving to not swerve to try to miss the deer and drove straight and the deer ran into the driver's side door. I think the deer bounced back as i didn't run it over after hitting it. We pulled into the closest side street to check the damage and then called the insurance company to file a claim and about 10 minutes later we were on our way home a bit shaken up but no worse for the wear. It was a bit tough to get to sleep after that but knowing everyone was safe (minus the deer) made it easier and this is why we have insurance as these things happen.

For your viewing pleasure here are some pictures of the Jeep post run in with the deer.