Why Did the Sheep Cross the Road?

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In which I witness a semiannual Idaho tradition — when sheep take over a major roadway on their way to greener pastures. It's an Idaho thing.
Want to learn more? Helpful links:
Andy Little, the “Idaho Sheep King"
Idaho sheep ranchers Frank Shirts and Henry Etcheverry
Boise's Basque Block -- where you can find funky, cozy Bar Gernika and enjoy the once-every-five-years cultural Basque cultural festival, Jaialdi
A few more fun quotations about sheep (that aren't insulting to sheep):
We’re a nation of sheep. If you go out and look up at the sky, people around you will start looking up at the sky. — Alan Abel

Ideas are easy. It’s the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats. — Sue Grafton

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. — Mark Twain

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same. — Stendhal

If Someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists. –Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Sheep sound effects courtesy Pixabay Sound

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