The riding was nice, perfect weather and roads but various
entertaining and scary things happened...
Before lunch, I experienced my first dog "attack". This farm dog came
running towards and then after me, so I did exactly what I'd been told
to do- slow down, keep your eyes on the dog, calmly shout at him to
stay away and get your water bottle ready to squirt if it gets too
close. It worked really well on this dog, and I hope that it will on
other dogs too.
When I went into Eugene, I finally ran into another Transam tourer,
but we didn't cycle together because he was slower and didn't want to
cover as much distance.
Another first: taking the wrong turn, which added another 10 miles to
my day. Grrreat.
Then the worst of all: I was going along a beautiful state road, which
runs on the side of the McKenzie river. On one stretch, it was just me
and a car coming the opposite way. As soon as it had passed me, it
veered to the side of the road, and in what I can only guess was an
attempt to get back on the road, he oversteers and veers off my side
of the road, falling about 15m down to the bank of the river below!!!!
I stopped and turned around, and some cars which had just seen him fly
off the road had also stopped. We called 911, and two guys climbed
down to the car while one stayed on the phone to the emergency
services. The driver soon regained consciousness, wearing his seatbelt
probably saved his life! Worst of all though, when the guys asked him
if he'd been drinking, he admitted he had had a few beers! Bleeping
idiot!! This road seems rather dangerous, there was at least one other
(from what I heard fatal) accident on the same road at the same
time... And last weekend two youngsters got killed in a drink driving
accident. So maybe it's not the road but the stupid people...
Anyways, I made it to the motel safely. My left knee is now swollen
and painful, I hope it's not going to give up on me! Only about 4,000
more miles...
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1 comment:
Absolutely insane! I'm glad that you didn't get hurt when that guy drove off the road or with dog number 1 (I think you should number them, and I hope you're Kat-x, dogs-0 by the end!).
Hope the knee's feeling a bit better. You can do it! :)
Went to Henlay today... lots of sunshine and people poncing around :) No drinks or food b/c it's sooo expensive! Saw Rich, but sadly they lost by 1 1/2 L :(
Have a good day 4
S xxx
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