Enid Lake dam 2/12/2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 3:18PM I took off at 9:00 so as to stay ahead of the Rocket Riders.
Beautiful sunny day. There were large patches of ice out on Pope-Water Valley Road in all the places where the road stayed shady. Met up with Chris Mogridge, Rich Raspet, and Christian Leask on my way back to the little store out there. Since the potties were non-existent, I made another stop at mile 55 at Lakeway Bait and Tackle on MS-315. I sat out in the sunshine waiting for the boys to catch up.
They took me on a "safe cut" on a couple of roads that were new to me, then they took off to sprint from Taylor back into town. About a mile from the city limit, a couple of small black and white dogs dashed out in the road toward me ... and in the way of dogs who either forgot what they were doing or lost track of their prey, one of them came to a dead stop directly in front of me an iota before I struck it broadside. I took a hard fall which cracked my helmet in FOUR places.
Several motorists stopped to assist me. Rode the rest of the way home without incident. Showering revealed huge bruises on my left hip and elbow, but the layers of winter riding gear probably saved me from massive road rash. Bike is fine except that the zipties that hold my sensor on my fork broke and will need to be replaced. I went back out and spoke nicely to the owner. He agreed that since the helmet was "killed" in the line of duty he was willing to buy a replacement for me.
- Carol Livingston