Friday, September 24, 2010

No they are still not right!!!!!

Today's ride was about 80 miles. It was an intermediate ride. Beautiful fall leaves, wide trail, more dust, tall steep mountains, lots of rocks and friendly riders. About a third of the way through we had some stream crossings. WATER!!! I love to splash in the water. I lifted my feet up and plowed through throwing water every where. It was GREAT!!! Second crossing, feet up, water flying, hidden rock, suddenly I was off balance, gave the bike lots of throttle right towards the rocky mountain, then I saw the sky. That's the sign time to let go. Michael said he turned around just in time to see me and the bike flying towards the mountain side. I landed, the bike landed, upside down of course. I'm fine, the bike has a few bruises. The seat came off, Michael put it back on. The handle bars were bent, he fixed those too! And at lunch, after a closer look he determined I bent the frame. But it was a great ride. Two more stream crossings and I kept my feet where they belonged, still fun.
Back at camp we both got off our bikes to survey how much of the mountain we were wearing. I told him I was having a shower before dinner.
I miss you all. Heading home tomorrow. I need new shoes, they didn't survive the incident very well. Love you all, mom

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I really wish there were some pictures. I'm glad you're ok. I'll be mire than thrilled to help you pick out some new shoes.

Poing

Rachael Papes said...

Come over and I will pay you for last week and you can buy some new shoes!

Rachael Papes said...

Hope you are feeling refreshed after your vacation.... Next week is pretty booked up. I had to change my early morning from 4am to 3 am. Still not getting enough done. I had Dusty working till 11 one night.

Poor Gram needs a vacation now!!!

mikestribe said...

Dave went to give me a hug. I thought I was unscathed until he touched me. My back side is a black and blue mess. No loss of range of motion so it'll all heal. Be back to work tomorrow.