Heading Home

May 6, 2012

Well our group began to shrink first thing this morning. Geo and Chrissy headed to Milton PA to visit her sister while Renee, Ron and Mina headed home by way of Interstates. The rest of us weren't ready to give up so we headed out to find as many mountains; twists and turns as possible while still working our way home. Clouds and cool temps are again the order but as we climb higher and higher the fog becomes our biggest problem. Pretty soon it is thick enough to cut with a knife; our windshields are covered with water, our clothes are wet; we're cold and you cannot see two bikes ahead of you. We pull off for a break and out comes the heated jacket; I'm cold. On we press and the fog lefts we head for Gap PA with plans to have lunch. Glenn is doing a wonderful job finding great roads with banked curves and sweepers. Then about 20 miles away from Gap we are caught off guard when one of our bikes goes down in a tight curve. As I top the hill and round the curve I see her husband's bike sitting sideways in the road; part of her saddlebag in the middle of the road and her bike on its side slide up against the side of the mountain. This is the kind of scene you hope you never have to deal with but most bikers will tell you if you ride and ride a lot you will go down at one time or another. While this young lady did suffer a broken arm and some road rash on her chin it could have been much worse so we thank God for his protection. But this did put a bit of a damper on the rest of the ride. Her husband and another couple went to the hospital with her and the rest of us regrouped. We switched the GPS from shortest to fastest, and to allow highways and headed home.