Photo: Ducking traffic

4:44pm. Back to HMB traffic crawls up the hill. Mother duck decides to lead six of her ducklings from the south end to the north end of the Crystal Springs reservoir. Even though cars are pouring from the 280 ramp, all lanes stop and little ducks waddle as fast as they can through the road: Someone however, decides that waiting 20 seconds is too long, and decides to jump ahead and tries passing illegally on the right shoulder. We all lean on our horns, that impatient driver stops abruptly just when the  ducks enter the shoulder. I think that they all made it. Click on the picture for more.