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I always thought it was a no brainer running across these as well.........when its dry. Rain is a different story. Got my attention real quick!!!! Caution in the rain that's all.
...I was over in the Davis Mountains a couple weeks ago. I ran up to the top of the McDonald Observatory to watch the sun set with the old lady. After dark coming back to the State Park where we were camping they had a cattle guard across the entrance. The entrance was a right hand turn off the highway. It had rained earlier and the metal pipe was still wet and slick. My backend slid pretty damn easy. I caught it no problem but next time in I made sure to swing real wide and hit them head on.
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