Live Skunk In the Middle of the Road

They're resurfacing our road so was up at dawn to move vehicles down to the bottom of the hill.  It was a nice morning to be afoot, the fog so heavy that it was dripping from the trees.  I was walking up our driveway when I heard grass moving behind me and looked to see a skunk amble out about ten feet away.  At first it turned toward me and remembering the cowboy books of my youth, I thought, "It's got the hydrophoby!" and prepared to run for my life, but then it changed course and just...