Sea lions don’t go to driving school. If they did, drivers in Cosmopolis probably wouldn’t have had to slow down in the rain to avoid a sea lion parked in the middle of the road.

The blubbery obstacle was reported to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife around 2 p.m. Thursday near Blue Slough Road outside Cosmopolis, a small town in Grays Harbor County hugging the Chehalis River near Aberdeen, according to spokesperson Bridget Mire.

Cosmopolis police snapped some photos, warning drivers to “use caution” on the road. The sea lion’s eyes were closed in one picture as it felt the rain fall on its upturned fuzzy face, probably singing Natasha Bedingfield’s “Unwritten” to itself.

Wednesday and Thursday had been wet, wet days for the Washington coast. Grays Harbor was under a coasta

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