I had to do my errands a day early this week. Of course rain started pouring when it was time for me to leave. On my way to the bank, I passed a dead skunk in the middle of the road. That's a song, too, you know. From the 70s.
Anyhoo... it was mutilated, lying on the center line. Nothing anybody could do but continue driving past. When I put T-Hoe's window down at the bank drive-thru, I smelled SKUNK! I was hoping the smell wasn't in the water droplets along the window edge, since my armpit was resting there when I reached for the canister.
When I got to the Sis-Town Casey's for T-Hoe's gas, the smell was strong when I got out. Surely all that rain would have washed off the skunky spray during my travels! Yet when I came back out to the pumps, there was the smell again.
By the time I left the School-Turn Casey's and started back towards Backroads, I'd had enough of that smell. Maybe it was INSIDE the car! I put down the front passenger window, and the back seat window behind me. Temps were in the mid-50s, so I wasn't cold. I made sure the ventilation was not on recirculate. I drove five miles like that. It seemed to clear out the odor. Yet when I got out at Country Mart to get my $3 scratchers from the machine, the skunk smell was waiting for me as I stepped out.
I don't know what to expect when I go out to the garage tomorrow, considering that T-Hoe has been marinating in skunk juice for 24 hours.
I have faith that Hick will be able to resolve this issue! I bet some of the skunk's body had washed into the entire road surface and your tires are the culprit. Maybe you should pour vinegar on them?
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe some of the spray had splashed up onto T-Hoe from the road water. I didn't tell Hick yet, because he got home later than normal and I was making supper. Surely the smell will eventually dissipate...
DeleteYou've probably got bits of skunk in the treads of T-Hoe's tyres. You're going to have to crawl around and dig that out with an old chopstick or something. or hose them out with a strong jet of water.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh! I am snorting at the vision of me lying on a car-creeper, hacking at T-Hoe's tires with an old chopstick! Everybody knows Val can't use chopsticks!
DeleteThe smell was ALMOST gone when I went to the garage. I wasn't even thinking about it, but a tiny whiff reminded me. Once in the driver's seat, I didn't notice it any more.
I can just see you sliding under your car, chopstick in hand ..... Too funny!
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