my love of cows and my possibly fatale electrocution

I love cows.

just do and always have. 

I remember begging my father to stop and allow me to pet them. 

"please Daddy, please just stop the car and let me pet one" 

(he never did stop...)

Well my love never ceased and I grew up to be a girl who 

still LOVES cows and has a camera. 

So here is how it usually  goes....

me:  Oh, look at those moo cows. Are the not just the loveliest of all creatures? 

Dom : silence

 me: Oh, would you pull over maybe so I can get a quick shot? 

Dom: silence

me: Oh, I will be really quick...

Dom: pulling over the truck.... 

me: hopping out and snapping a few. 

that is how it usually plays out. 

except on the day I captured these beauties....

me: Oh dom those cows are perfect would you pull over?

(mind you we are in a BIG truck on a very small back road in Lancaster County..

did I mention the road is small? ) 

Cars of course are whizzing by at about 80 mph... 

my husband pulls off the road into a ditch... to be as far off the road as possible. 

Dom: hurry up.

me: OKAY, I Will. 

as I swing open my door. the door is touching the fence.... (now lets just stop for a moment I really was thinking that the farm was amish... and I will just leave it at that) 

 grabbing onto the door to jump out and capture the beauty....

me: putting my foot down on the ground...

Ouch I am getting shocked... 

pick my foot up

put my foot back down 

me: ouch I am getting shocked.... 

from inside the truck you hear gut busting laughter.....

It was pretty hysterical.... 

and my foot did sting a bit for a while.

I finally get out and try to get a picture 

(the next 2) 

 As I got closer the cows all bolted away from me..... 

Electrocuted and not even a fabulous picture to show for it. 

There is always next time.