Hi everyone,Just thought I would share my story[therapy you know].I left on 6/28/2009 from MN,stopped in Billings MT.Day 2 I made it two Hope ID when I came around a corner with the sun in my face I saw a car stopped with a
big black bull standing in front of it.I got on the brakes and as I was doing this the Bull trotted 3 steps and was dead center my lane and I t-boned him.Up and over I went,at least I think so I blacked out when I hit.I think I was only out 5 seconds or so,The next thing I know I was laying in the ditch in pain.The people in the car were out two help and call 911 right away[although the guy held we down antill the ambleance came which may or maynot have helped]anyway I got a ride in the ambulance an spent 3 or 4 hours in the hospital.Meanwhile the nice people that lived across the street rolled what was left of my bike down to their house and let me store it there for a hole week while I waited for my dad to come out and pick me and the bike up.Back home now and I got my first estimate $9370.00 the frame is still good so I want it fixed not totaled.As for me new aches and pains but I think I will survive and feel lucky to be alive.As for the bull he wondered around 2 days before it was cornered and shot.While I am sad to have to write this story I did get to spend a week on the side of a mountain with my sister her family and my father and that makes it worth all the pain and suffering.
Hoping to ride again JAMES