I saw these folks in the middle of a back road in Washtucna, a tiny town in Washington State's Adams County, on the edge of the Palouse.
I was on my way back to Seattle after a memorial service for my aunt and uncle, and a family reunion picnic the next day, both in Colfax, the Whitman County seat. I don't know if it was the warm temperature or the couple of Wisconsin brats I had at the picnic, but I was getting so drowsy that I knew it was time to pull over and take a quick nap.
When I opened my eyes, I saw these three wild turkeys running down the road. And all I could think of were the velociraptors from ``Jurassic Park.'' Their shape certainly gives credence to the dinosaur/bird connection, doesn't it?
And speaking of turkeys, somebody sent me the link to the video of soon-to-be-ex-governor Sarah Palin ``pardoning'' a turkey at a Wasilla, Alaska, turkey ranch, oblivious to the other birds being slaughtered right behind her. Way too funny, although I'm sure this wasn't her intent.
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