New employee orientation is often inspiring and motivating to me as a nurse.  I have worked for other hospitals with religious affiliation but the Mission and Vision statements here struck me differently today.  

“Mission: As people of Providence, we reveal God’s love for all, especially the poor and vulnerable, through our compassionate service. ” 

“Our purpose is not to provide excellent healthcare, although we do do that, it is to love.”

“Vision: Together, as people of Providence, we answer the call of every person we serve: Know me, care for me, ease my way.”  
I do know that some of the mission and vision statement is a publicity and image thing where administrators can say that out of one side of their mouth and then when no one is looking tell you in no uncertain terms that it is all about the bottom line.  But as each of the presenters spoke and as a staff nurse showed me around the labor and delivery unit it seems to be a theme.. Our job is to love those who come through our doors by giving them time, attention, and the best quality of health care based on evidence based practice.  

The other encouraging thing is that this hospital is a five star hospital based on HCAHPS score,  the first one I have ever worked at with such a good rating.  Silverton Health Family Birth Center had a 95% patient satisfaction scores giving them the Press Ganey award, their HCAHPS score is four stars which is still excellent. I have worked at hospitals from two star rating to four star rating, I hope this unit lives up to it’s five star status. It is the only five star hospital in Alaska as of right now, and the only one in the Providence system.  Out of curiosity I went back and looked at the scores for the other hospitals that I have worked at and was not surprised by their scores.  A huge part of our job satisfaction is being able to leave the patient feeling like they were well taken care of.  So, when we have the tools to do that it reminds us why we became a nurse to begin with…people…the love of people. 
After work we drove around the island a bit.  We needed gas so we had to turn around.  The roads go further than I expected them to.  We will have to fill up before heading out next time so we can explore farther. 

We discussed back and forth wether to go to the Assembly of God or the Nazarene church.  As tired as we were and as slow as we got going this morning the decision came down to which service started the latest.  At 11:00am, the Church of the Nazarene ended up being the choice.  Generally once we go to one church we don’t hop around we finish out the assignment at that same church.  Well we will never know what we are missing at the AG church, but we’re happy with Kodiak Church of the Nazarene.  The people were very welcoming and very curious about what we were doing in Kodiak.  Eve asked the man who held the door open for us if there was children’s church and he assured her there was.  We found a seat and soon everyone was coming by to introduce themselves. I wish I could say I remember everyone’s names but I do remember a few of them at least.  It is a smaller church but not as small as we thought it might be.  We have found while traveling that smaller churches allow us to get to know the people better and it fosters more friendships.  We were not the only Oregonians there which was also fun.  A couple was there from Baker and another homeschooling family with six kids who have one of their grown children who lives in Astoria were they had recently visited them.  And, the Pastor also used to live in Oregon.  Several people gave us their contact information incase we need anything or have questions.  We are hopeful that we will enjoy the fellowship here. We drove up the hill near the church to check out the view after service as was recommended.  The view was amazing. Work will start tomorrow, I’m ready as I will ever be.  I wish I could say I am excited for it.  I’m not anxious or stressed, I am just not looking forward to how much emotional energy is required to get reestablished and settled into another assignment.  Here’s to the next three months of discovering why God has opened this door for us. 

We have ridden on a few ferrys none as big as this one though.  We were supposed to be there at 12:00Am Saturday morning.  Ruth and Matthew accompanied us to the ferry terminal and the kids begged (and Ruth) that they ride with them there.  Eve especially decided that she was not going to Kodiak, but instead if they could just hide her she could stay in Homer with the Mitchels.  What can I say to that, definitely two days was not enough time to be together.  I wish I could say that we have a whole lot more time on our way out to spend together, but I know what the time like looks like.  We will try to work it out for as much time as we can, but sorry Eve you have to come with us. We were parked in our lane to load the car before 12:00AM in time to wait wait and wait some more.  Matthew and Ruth stayed and visited with us until nearly 2:00 AM.  Which gave us that much more time to visit.  The kids (and me) were to sleep almost instantly after we said our goodbyes (actually I think the kids might have all been asleep before).  We had stayed up until midnight the day before and now it was 0200 and we could not keep our eyes open.  I woke up briefly when Chad pulled the car into the elevator at the back of the ferry.  It was a cool ride to be let down into the car deck of the ship.  It is a big boat and gods lots of uhaul trucks and fifthwheels, semi trailers and more.  Kind of unbelievable. We made it up to our floor and checked out the keys to our room unsure of what it would look like or have in it, we were hoping for a bathroom and linens since there was a sign that you could rent linens for three dollars.  We were assured that the room we were in came with linens. Few.  We do have our sleepingbags but that would require going back down to the car and getting them.  We were all wiped and Eve was crying unless she was held.  

The room was perfect, besides being a little cold to start with.  One side had a bunk bed and the other a Murphy bed and couch that turned into a bed.  We quickly assigned beds to each kid and filed them through the bathroom.  We thought the accommodations were great as we did have our own shower and bathroom and large window view.  The couch made it comfortable to hang out in the day and it didn not fee crowded with five people in it for the 12 hours we were on the ferry. 

TThe cafe was like a hospital cafeteria with a grill making hot breakfast options as well as a selection of packaged breakfast options and oatmeal, tea, coffee, juice and milk.  Caleb chose oatmeal, Hannah chose cold cereal and Eve wanted only yogurt and water.  Chad and I ordered from the grill and can say the food was very good.  We enjoyed the view during breakfast as we were driving though a channel and were close enough to land to see the details of the shoreline.  Eve didn’t eat much of her breakfast and then said something about her stomache hurting I had her come over by me and Chad grabbed a barf bag out of the windowsill.  We were just in time to catch the bit of yogurt she did manage to eat.  She seemed fine after that.  Chad purchased some Dramamine chewable tabs for kids two years and up and a few more bags from the window.  I grabbed a few napkins and we continued on to the play room.  She found a little four year old boy to play trains with and the were busy about their play for quite a while.  There was another mom in the play room whose three year old erupted short after we got in there.  I handed her a bag and the pile of napkins to clean off the seat and carpet.  I offered a packet of the Dramamine and she wasn’t to sure about that, but soon she erupted again.  Then she did take me up on the Dramamine and a second bag.  Poor thing.  You definitely could feel the rocking of the boat.  It was pretty pronounced.  We decide to go outside and check out the observation deck.  The front covered observation deck was filled with people sleeping who had not had a room.  So we went out the side door and around the from where the wind was strong and we had to hold on to eachother.  We took a few pictures and just as we did a big spray splashed up and got us (we were two or three stories up from the main deck).  After that dousing we decided to walk around to the other side that was luckily sheltered more from the wind.  We climbed a few stairs and checked out the emergency boats before ducking back inside and heading to our room for a nap. Eve seemed fine except that she was a little sleepy.  We all crashed out for another two hours before the call came to turn in our room key and go to our cars on the car deck. 

We loaded in the car and even though we were toward the front of the unloading zone it still took a while to get off.  The kids fell asleep again. 
On our way to our new apartment we drove right past the hospital so we did our traditional drive around to check it out.  My father-in-law says it looks like a prison from the side but agreed that it doesn’t look too bad from the main entrance. Our housing seems to be great.  It is the first time we have had a three bedroom and it is furnished, yay! We very rarely get furniture, because of the added expense, so when we do have it we are so very greatful.  Our travel nurse company got this place for us after the hospital provided housing fell through due, I think, to the number of people we travel with.  We are so thankful that they did as the housing market over here is steep with very few availabilities. Below is a going away/housewarming gift from Ruth and Matthew.  Three jars of canned salmon and one jar of fireweed jelly.  

Eve woke up and slowly bobbed her way into the house.  She made it to the kitchen before erping just enough to give me time to grab her and run her to the bathroom for a two pointer slam dunk of throw up in the toilet. Few.  We rummaged through the cupboards and found a bowl for her to carry around.  She found her bed and pulled off her shoes rolling into it.  It wasn’t much longer when she, carrying her pillow and bucket made her way out to the couch to watch the kids cooking show Chad had turned on for her.  We decided (we were all feeling rough/exhausted) that Chad run out to get only what we needed for tonight we would save exploring and big shopping for tomorrow.  We all just needed to rest.  

The bags made it inside that is as far as they got.  We had the canned salmon for late lunch/dinner.  The next think I knew we were all sleeping again.  I woke up just after seven to discover that the kids had all disappeared to bed and then fell back asleep.  Chad woke me up around 8:00PM to go to bed.  I can not believe how tired I still feel.  Good grief.  I’m so thankful for today, for getting here and for time to rest.  My thankful list could go on and on. Thank you everyone for your prayers and hospitality as we have journeyed they mean so much to us. 

It was a late night/early morning but I didn’t dare sleep in.  Ruth had to go to work at 0900 and so there would only be the morning to spend with her.  Coffee, pancakes, eggs and home made jelly were on the menu.  Matthew added Alaskan Blueberries left over from Sakota’s wedding to the pancake batter and explained to us just exactly what Fireweed jelly is and how it is made.  It tastes a lot like honey and is made from juicing the flowers of the fireweed plant.  Two little guys joined us because their momma had a dentist appointment.  We headed into town to checkout the Island and Oceans center and the “spit”.  

Anyone else want a deal intestine rain jacket?

This showed the hight difference between low and high tides. 

After the Islands and Oceans center which besides a movie about biologists working on the Tiglax boat the kids practically ran through.  They still have so much pent up energy from spending so much time in the car.  Matthew has been spending s lot of his Alaska time working on boats and so he wanted to show us the harbor.  We stopped at one of his favorite boats that has been pulled up to dry dock using huge air bags for cleaning, just in time to see his old boss climb up the ladder and disappear inside not before they hollered out a hello to Matt.  We were about to go up past the cones and see the boat up close. 

The cone just behind us is to push the ice out of the way and just above it connecting it to the boat is a blade to cut through the ice.  When we were lookin at some of the other big boats a few of the cones had some major dents in them from hitting icebergs.  

After we walked around the harbor checking out all the beautifully colorful and different boats we headed to what we hear is the best seafood restaurant in Alaska called Captain Pattie’s Fish House.  Caleb, Chad, and I got the Char Grilled Seafood Sampler the scallops were to die for, the truth is it all was.  Hannah and Eve had halibut and fries, Matthew had giant prawns…we can attest to this being the best seafood we have ever had.  We went to the school, picked up a truck and tables, stopping in to see Ruth at work.  We dropped a few vehicles off at the house and picked up the boat.  We had a few hours to spare so why not.  It was so fun to do something (and watch Matthew do something) that he loves.  We loved it too! So fun! So adventurous! 

It is hard to see but Hannah managed to take a picture of a bald eagle!  We have seen quite a few of them But either they have been too far away or we weren’t quick enough to get a photo.

When we got out of the harbor it was pretty choppy with pretty good sized swells for the 20′ boat. The photo below I was trying to take a picture of an otter playing in the waves.  We only saw a couple on the drive but in our way out to the spit we saw a whole bunch of otters. 

Eve fell asleep on the way out and we had to hold her on her chair so she wouldn’t get thrown off.  Caleb got coached on how to drive a boat on the way out.  He did a great job. 

We got pretty wet heading back to the harbor, and arived back at the house just before 7:00pm.  We had heard that the pastor was coming over at 7:00pm, we had no idea that we were going to get to meet Elijah, Sakota’s husband, his parents and several of his siblings, and several other friends as well as the pastor and his wife.  The house was filled with people and kids everywhere for sure reminding me of my childhood and the community that is developed in small towns  and small churches.  Similar to so many holidays and Sunday afternoons with our house full of Matthew and Ruth’s family as well as ours, and often others.  Always there was plenty of kids and plenty of laughter.  The kids were my favorite for sure and after the party was over I found a selfie on my phone from one of the boys that hung out with us this morning and was back in the evening for the party. 

After everyone left for home Matt asked if he could take the kids out in the jeep since they had been asking him if they could ride in it.  We had two hours until we needed to be at the ferry and it was definately still light out so we said sure.  They were so excited. 

It wasn’t very long until he ducked his head back in the door and asked Chad if he would like to go for a ride.  Ruth asked if he had gotten himself stuck and he with a big grin relplied, “I found a new hole 😂”.  Chad headed out with him and I headed to get a shower before getting on the ferry.  I was happy to see that they had a blast.  Caleb is convinced that he needs a jeep for his first car. 

I was thinking that today’s blog was going to have to wait until tomorrow as, well, that is only in a few minutes. But I wanted to at least share a few pictures.  This first bit is from our drive from Anchorage to Portage Glacier visitor center. 

We took a short one mile each way hike to Byron Glacier.  There were avalanche warnings and we thought about the bear spray and bear bells we did not yet have for hiking.  This made us think about Grandma Owens and Great Grandma Brown who I’m sure would love to know that we were hiking in bear country with out them.  Don’t worry Eve sang the whole time at the top of her lungs there was very small chance that we would catch a bear by surprise.  The glacier is receded as the last several winters here have been short on snow and more mild temperatures, but we could get to the snow, we just felt like we shouldn’t hike to the glacier with out the sign-suggested avalanche training.  So we stopped short when the snow started and enjoyed the glacier from a distance. 

 Glacier girl to the rescue.  After our invigorating hike we piled back in the car and passed out the left over pizza from the night before as we made our way south to Soldotna for a play date withe the Shoemakers.  We picked up some drinks to eat with our left over pizza on the way and made a picnick lunch out of it (totally Jen’s good idea).  Our kids warmed up to eachother quickly and played well together.  We got to meet the new family addition baby Logan he is almost a year and not supper babyish any more but still it was the first time we had been able to meet him. 
We went on a walk down to the river.  And the kids made busy about throwing rocks into the swiftly moving water. We so enjoyed their company.  It is fun to watch them all run off in pairs each with a playmate and no one left out.  Luke was my favorite to watch, and Logan’s long eyelashes were pretty awesome too.  Jen and John have such good kids they are a joy to be around.  It was sad to say goodbye but they needed to get Lyla ready for her jazz recital and we were needing to push on to Homer to find our formerly Cambridge friends/family.  The view in Homer is amazing we could hardly take our eyes off the mountains and glaciers across the bay so beautiful for sure.  We arived after discovering that google maps isn’t the most accurate tool in these parts it for us close (with in 1.5 miles or so) but it was far enough away that we didn’t find the place in our own.  Matthew jumped in his jeep and met us and we fiollowed him back home.  Sakota visited shortly after we arived it was so good to see her.  We headed into town and visited Ruth at work, tested the pho in Homer and it passed the test for dinner, and then the kids ran off some energy at the park.  Now this park has a view!!! 

We played at the park until Ruth got off work then met up with her at the house.  She made sure to give the kids a hard time and do they felt right at home.  We talked and Hannah braided Ruth’s hair before we knew it it was almost midnight.  This whole not really dark until after 11:00pm thing will be a whole new beast.  Good night all many thanks for your prayers and much love to you from Alaska. 

We had quite the view from our room this morning.  We all slept in more than usual.  The kids have not been getting to sleep until close to midnight since Friday night as we were getting things ready for this assignment and packing the car then, we have been pushing on until dark which doesn’t happen this far north until 11:30pm usually we push on but the kids fall asleep in the back of the car in the dark.  It turns out that if it does not get dark they stay awake indefinitely.  After this many late nights in a row it is finally catching up to them. 

 

We were across the street from Target and Starbucks so I dug out the laptop to take a few required tests at Starbucks while my crew found some breakfast and looked around Target for a new camera for Caleb. I did not know how many tests to expect but anticipated that it would be the normal four or five.  I don’t know if it was because at this hospital there is a different vender manager than my own company (although there was also a different vender manager with my last assignment), but the list of tests went on and on, I counted them up and there was 32 tests…. Some of the tests were sixty questions long some four questions long. Most of them I had to get 100% on to pass if you didn’t get 100% you had to retake it and the questions were different each time.  Some were multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blank, and some had multiple answers and you had to select all that applied.  You can see why I was getting frustrated…one of the questions I got wrong because the answer was The Joint Commission and I only put Joint Commission. 

This is a small portion of the list of tests it scrolls down, way down.

 These are a normal list that employees in the hospital setting have to take every year, I get the pleasure of taking them every three months.  There normally isn’t this many, and I have taken a lot of them for my agency, some like fire safety and restraints I have taken already this week for my agency and here I am taking them again.  The way many of the questions were worded with their fill in the blanks and multiple correct answers I would have to scan the attached document (many pages) for the correct answer so I wouldn’t have to take the quiz several times.  They don’t relate to my field of expertise, and questions like how long the Ebola Virus is present in seminal fluid after a patent has recovered from the desease and no longer considered contagious in any other way are not things I have a lot (insert any) experience with.  The few tests that were applicable to my specialty were crazy as well. How far apart are the contractions in the photo below?  
There was about 10 minutes of strip showing and the intervals ranges from the above one minute to three minutes with two intervals being one and two intervals being three.  The answer options were:

1. 1-2 minutes 

2. 2-3 minutes

3. 3-4 minutes

4. 4-5 minutes…..

Hmmm I have a 50% chance of getting it right.  I selected the 1-2 minutes and of course got it wrong, but you can clearly see in the photo that those two contractions are infact one minute apart. I ended up passing the test, but everyone that I got wrong I could tell you why my answer was right and I was willing to fight for it as they were only going to give me one chance to pass the test.  At one point I even called my recruiter because it was rediculous.  I have had tests that were way out of date for current best practice and evidence based practice in the past, but I have had two chances to pass it and what ever I got wrong on the first I could remember the incorrect answer and give them what they wanted on the second go around in order to pass the test.  With my blood near boiling with frustration, and shakey having had only coffee, a banana and a marshmallow dream bar all day I called it quits at 2:30pm Chad and the kids had been to a few stores, had breakfast, then later had lunch at Carl’s Jr while the kids played in the play place and were again sitting in the car outside of Starbucks waiting for me to finish.  I climbed in the car and turned on the hotspot on my phone and kept testing as we drove up and checked out Palmer, I was feeling sick to my stomache as I was hungry and coffee just doesn’t settle for me if I haven’t had anything else.  I took a picture of the Palmer water tower for Steph and Chad noted how bad I was shaking.  I joked that it was ok to drink two cups of coffee when I’m not at work since it always affects me that way my patients don’t appreciate it when I have to start IVs with the shakes.  I’m a good shot and I still get them, but they interpret them as nerves until I apologize for my coffee shakes.  So, I try not to drink more than one cup of coffee per half shift when I’m at work.  All the same I needed to get something on my stomach. Chad had remembered a sushi place on our way back through Wasilla where he could run into and just get one order of Caifornia rolls to go.  I worked on some more tests and let Trevor and Hillary know we were on our way.  Chad came back with a box and exclaimed that they better be the best California rolls in the world as they were a whopping $17.  I gues he didn’t even look at the menu and the prices just ordered California rolls.  We opened up the box to discover this. 

 I have never seen purple rice, a quick internet search states that the purple rice is black rice that turned purple when it is cooked it is higher in some vitamins and sweeter than white rices. They were loaded with crab, and raw asparagus I would not have known they were supposed to be California rolls and would have not believed it, but Chad doesn’t make a habit of lying to me so I’m pretty sure that is what they are supposed to be.  So good so good.  They calmed my stomach and I was able to keep plugging away on the tests.  Luckily we had cell service all the way to Anchorage and the last several tests were things I had experience with so I didn’t have to scan pages of info to answer each question.  I finished the last question of the last test as we pulled into our friend’s driveway near 4:00pm.   A nearly 8 hour day of just testing, I understand that it is a accreditation compliance issue but good grief.  We enjoyed visiting with Hillary, Trevor and their beautiful little girl.  We haven’t seen them since I was way pregnant with Eve so it had been a while. Trevor was one of Chad’s roommates at NNU, it was fun to see them on their own turf.  They suggested pizza for dinner at a local favorite called Moose’s Tooth where they brew their own root beer.  The pizza was great and Caleb decided that we must try to make our own root beer.  It was so good to visit with friends that we almost never get to see and meet their new family addition.  Thank you guys for dinner and the time to fellowship, we so enjoyed it. 

We stayed in Beaver Creek last night only 19 miles from the boarder.  We had pushed on quite late and decided to stop instead of trying to make it into Alaka so late.  It ended up being the right decision as our hotel was a good price, and it allowed us to get pictures at the Alaska sign in the light of day. 

We had decided to go up north to Fairbanks because we would not get another chance and we really wanted to see Mt. McKinley (Denali).  The snow picked up but never stuck to the road.  We decided to stop in North Pole, Alaska at The Santa Claus House as it was not at all out of our way and a suggested stop by the mile post book.  

At Fairbanks we headed south to Denali it was raining now, and the clouds were thick and low.  I looked at the forcast for the week it was to be cloudy all week.  We could stop way early or go on to the park and only have a short time time look around before it closed. 
One visitor center and the book store were open as well as the first 15 miles of the road through the park.  The rest of road is for bus only and the busses start up May 20th.  We are only a few days too early for that. 

In case you were worried we did not stop the car to take these pictures.  The car in front of us stopped, when it was our turn to go by we kept on moving.  I think this guy might be used to his celebrity status.

Wasilla (Palmer) is the city where Steph and Jayson are wanting to be it is gorgeous. 

The extended hours of light are already making getting the kids to bed in the evenings harder than usual. It is nearly midnight Oregon time and bright as day outside.  The kids won’t sleep in the car and won’t be quiet either…😬 

The total population of the Yukon Territory is 37,000 people.  27,000 of them live in the Capitol city of Whitehorse.  Needless to say most of the day as we drove through we saw very little people and very few gas stations (They are strategically placed though, nearly every 100 miles there is a gas station) 

 A beautiful place to have a rest stop. 

We could have pushed on to Alaska today, but we should give Yukon Territory one night right?!?   I would love to come back through here with plenty of time to camp my way up.  Kyacks, fishing poles and hiking gear would be a must.  Everywhere you look the view is amazing.

The kids have been sleeping in lately.  We must have completely warn them out because since birth we have been unable to convince them to even sleep in until 0700 on a regular basis and it doesn’t matter how early it is if we are moving around they are up.  This morning it took breakfast to coax them out of bed around 0800.  Yesterday we had to as well. I wonder how long that will last.  The drive has been gorgeous.  The towns and gas stations have been getting farther and farther apart.  If you miss one it will be 90km to the next.  And just because there is a town doesn’t mean it has a hotel or restaurant in it.  Luckily gas stations and a hotel seem to be had by most.  We had planned to stop around 8:00pm but the hotel was more of a resort and it was nearly 12:00am before we found another. Oops it was light until after 11:00pm so it didn’t feel as late as it was anyway.  Our wildlife total today was 7 bears, one coyote, and one moose.  There was also one large hawk (I don’t know my hawks well and can’t tell you what kind it was).  

Poutine is a Canadian dish of French fries, cheese curds, and gravy.  We had them with our lunch.  The kids were a fan of the new dish. 

More pictures to come when we have better wifi.  We have been working on getting just these few pictures on here since I woke up 0550.  At this point we have to get on the road. 

We tried a few new foods the kids were pleased that the gas stations so far have taken their American money, they also have been pleased with the Canadian money they have been getting back as change. 

It was hard to take any pictures through all of the bug guts on the window.  We stopped frequently for gas never getting below 1/2 a tank, washing the window everytime we stopped and still lit was hardly see through. 

Instead I started taking pictures through the mirrors as they stayed bug free a little longer. 

We got into Dease Lake late.  It didn’t really get dark until around 11:00-11:30pm. 

Oh Oregon, oh Washington, Oh Canada…it has been a good but long day.  Over six hundred miles of a long day. Not our longest day by far, but for getting started out of our house around 9:00am, terrible traffic through the Seattle area, and a boarder crossing we did pretty well. The scenery was amazing.  It was pooring down rain in Salem and cool through Washington but actually it Canada it was warm enough that we rolled the windows down and kept them down most of the drive until evening.  The boarder crossing was slow just because we had to wait our turn.  We had all of the right documents, and all of the right people, nothing suspicious and nothing to declare, so it was practically painless.  I kind of like Kilometers. With the speed limit of most roads at 100km/hour it is easy to calculate how long it will take us to get to that town that is 300km away.  100km is around 62/63 mph.  Gas hasn’t been too bad either.  We filled up in Washington for $2.64 which I wouldn’t consider to be great, but we have been told here in Canada it would be quite expensive.  We have seen it as low as $0.99 a liter.  There is 3.78 liters/gallon and $1.29 Canadian dollars/1 US dollar. So $0.99/liter is around $2.90 US dollars/gallon.  So far that is better than we expected.  

We have seen some wild life.  A white tailed dear along side the road,  a huge golden eagle perched on a log near the edge of a lake, also a moose.  We had just finished talking about how Chad was looking for moose but we hadn’t seen any moose crossing signs like there had been for deer, badger, and caribou. There were a ton of bear proof garbage cans so we were keeping eye out for them too when a big moose jumped the fence just in front of us and trotted toward the road.  We all were looking and pointing, exclaiming as the massive mamal screeched to a halt and turned.  She dove back over the fence like she had noticed those weird people in the car yelling and pointing at her and that is what spooked her. We couldn’t believe the timing of it all.  So glad she didn’t decide to continue toward the road and traffic.