You all know about my beast of a bike if you had my intro post, if not it is here to fill in the blanks. This is a true story.
It took place last summer as I was out for a leisurely ride on beautiful Sunday on the beast on secondary roads (mostly) and on one secondary near the water on one side and cow pasture on the other, in second gear gradually rolling on the throttle between 7000 - 10,000 rpm or so, I started a stampede !! The cows in the pasture ahead of me on my right were all in full gallop away from the noise (me).
I cut the ride short, too much fog. On the same corner returning home I saw what looked like a hunk of plastic in the middle of the road on my side, on second glance I saw it was a turtle apparently sunning himself, oblivious to where he was, in the middle of the road. I turned around, parked next to him, and put him in the woods. He was in a hurry after that. Then, a deja vu moment came to me, last July, the day my Mom passed away, I passed another turtle, this one was trying to cross a major four lane road, two in each direction, the traffic was moderate, and I couldn't stop and backtrack safely to attempt to save it, I said a prayer and continued on my way to work, not aware that a few hours later Mom would be dead from a massive heart attack, and me not knowing if the turtle made it or not.
I promised myself that day, if there ever was another situation where I could (safely) save a turtle or any other animal trying to cross a road, I would. Today, that promise came true, I almost burst into tears because it brought back all the trauma of that day. At the same time I felt some satisfaction from fulfilling a promise I made almost a year ago.
Before this happened I stopped for homemade ice cream, and before I left I guy and his wife pulled up next to me on a new spotless Harley. As I was suiting up, figuring a Harley guy would not notice or care about my beast of a crotch rocket, he said, "Nice Machine", I exchanged the complement, and went on my way, that culminated in the incident I just described. All in all, I would say it was a good day.
Let's use this topic for users to post their offbeat, but touching stories, all that I ask is that it moved you in some emotional way, good or bad doesn't matter. What matters is that the story made an impact on you and that you want to share it with others.
Ghosty...
It took place last summer as I was out for a leisurely ride on beautiful Sunday on the beast on secondary roads (mostly) and on one secondary near the water on one side and cow pasture on the other, in second gear gradually rolling on the throttle between 7000 - 10,000 rpm or so, I started a stampede !! The cows in the pasture ahead of me on my right were all in full gallop away from the noise (me).
I cut the ride short, too much fog. On the same corner returning home I saw what looked like a hunk of plastic in the middle of the road on my side, on second glance I saw it was a turtle apparently sunning himself, oblivious to where he was, in the middle of the road. I turned around, parked next to him, and put him in the woods. He was in a hurry after that. Then, a deja vu moment came to me, last July, the day my Mom passed away, I passed another turtle, this one was trying to cross a major four lane road, two in each direction, the traffic was moderate, and I couldn't stop and backtrack safely to attempt to save it, I said a prayer and continued on my way to work, not aware that a few hours later Mom would be dead from a massive heart attack, and me not knowing if the turtle made it or not.
I promised myself that day, if there ever was another situation where I could (safely) save a turtle or any other animal trying to cross a road, I would. Today, that promise came true, I almost burst into tears because it brought back all the trauma of that day. At the same time I felt some satisfaction from fulfilling a promise I made almost a year ago.
Before this happened I stopped for homemade ice cream, and before I left I guy and his wife pulled up next to me on a new spotless Harley. As I was suiting up, figuring a Harley guy would not notice or care about my beast of a crotch rocket, he said, "Nice Machine", I exchanged the complement, and went on my way, that culminated in the incident I just described. All in all, I would say it was a good day.
Let's use this topic for users to post their offbeat, but touching stories, all that I ask is that it moved you in some emotional way, good or bad doesn't matter. What matters is that the story made an impact on you and that you want to share it with others.
Ghosty...
