After that I walked the rest of the way uneventfully. I saw only two other pedestrians. Once, while passing a house that had a tall, wooden fence along the perimeter of its yard, I was barked at by a dog who I could glimpse only fleetingly through the slats in the planking. I said hello to it, but did not turn toward it, or otherwise pause to greet it, for fear of aggravating it with my presence and my voice. Although I don’t think it was being aggressive, just territorial.