On my ride to work this morning I encountered some pathway users that I don’t often see — at least not this close.

There’s a narrow strip of pathway that goes between two houses and then leads you onto the pathway to go around the reservoir.

Right behind the two houses is a wild grassy area, and I always slow down at this exit as there are often people or dogs that wander blindly across the path. When I slowed down this morning, I saw three white tailed deer standing right next to the path.

I stopped, and could have reached out and stroked the head of one of them and the side of another, they were that close.

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