"Till the Cows come home..."

Maybe you knew this, but I didn't...Cows are pretty smart animals.  We live in an agrarian and herding community and twice I have witnessed big cows out walking by themselves.  The first one was a rather large heifer walking down the sidewalk of Main Street.  She hung a quick left at the corner market and continued heading home.  I was astonished, but everyone else just went on with their business.  The picture above shows my last experience with unsupervised cattle.  This time I was standing on our dirt road and I saw a mother and her calf coming towards me.  They took a left at our corner, headed down about 4 houses, stood at the gate and let out a deep MOO.  The gate opened and they walked in.  I couldn’t believe it.  I’ve been told that cows have very good sense of direction, but now I’ve witnessed it…weird.