Not too long ago a friend of mine came across a blog post about a big metal chicken.  Yup, you read that correctly - a big metal chicken.  It has seriously got to be the funniest blog post you will probably ever read - especially if you are married.  And female.  (Although Mike did laugh quite a bit upon reading it too...he's unusual though.)  

Anyway, after reading that I became obsessed with finding my own metal chicken.  (And yes, I'll give you the link to the blog post - but not yet.  You'll go there and laugh hysterically and you'll forget you were ever reading my blog post.  So just wait.)  Since we are international RVers (hey, Canada counts and we've been to Vulcan!) I just decided that I'd keep my eyes open.  Surely somewhere along the highways and byways we would come across a metal chicken, right??

Well we did!  We were tooling down some road in Alberta, Canada and as is my custom, I don't usually notice stuff until we are driving by it and by the time I can get the words out, it's back behind us.

Me:  Wait!!  A BIG METAL CHICKEN!!

Mike:  What??

Me:  A BIG.  METAL.  CHICKEN!  Turn around!!  I saw one!!

Keep in mind, we're not driving a vehicle that can flip a u-turn in the middle of the highway.  We're lumbering along in a 33-ft motorhome which requires approximately a 23-point Y-turn to actually turn around.  But Mike's been married to me for over 25 years now, so we turned around.  

And there it was.  This 10-ft tall metal chicken.  I didn't care how dumb we looked, we took pictures of that thing.  Lots of pictures.  It was standing out front of a restaurant near Pink Mountain, Alberta (next to a big Sasquatch statue) but why?  Who knows.  I'm sure Mike was just glad it wasn't for sale 'cause I think that it would have looked awesome standing on top of our motorhome going down the road!!

UPDATE:  I came closer to actually acquiring a metal chicken of my own today.  We were in the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming and you would not believe what was for sale in their swanky museum store!!

Yeah, I know it's a lousy cell phone picture - but you have to remember I was in this museum store and surreptitiously snapping the photo.  I sent a text message to Mike telling him what I found and apparently the first thing he looked for when he made it to the store was that chicken.  He was afraid I'd bought it and was right then installing the thing on our motorhome roof.  

Alas, the price tag for $120 and I haven't sold enough Santa diaper sets yet this year.  But now I know they are out there!!  

Oh yeah, the original blog post?  It's here - but be warned.  The language is definitely R-rated; so if you'd prefer not to read F-words, just trust me that it's pretty funny.  

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