I live in the country and today I drove the 12 miles needed to pick up my dog from the groomer. Oklahoma has some real down sides but our insistence on personal liberty often creates great scenery.

As usual there were both McMansions and shacks on my route. The livestock diversity always brings a smile to my face. On the way there I passed a small herd of some kind of goats. Then there was a herd of Black Angus with two Buffalo in it. Then came the dairy farm with the Holsteins and another ranch with Herefords. Finally I arrived at the retired farmer who now has three zebras, two camels,one emu, a miniature donkey and some kind of antelope that is never close enough for me to figure out what he is. I hear he's looking for a giraffe.

When I get past his menagerie I run out of animals. I do get to pass the three-story McMansion that has been only half built for the last 12 years. The next corner has fresh produce sellers with their trucks full of pumpkins today.

I like this area because it is neither completely urban or completely rural. Unfortunately most of the voters are not completely sane.

Here's the video taken right after my neighbor got his first camel.

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