We then rode in the rain to Bennington, VT thinking I would go the way hame I’ve done so many times before, but it was not to be, the road was closed because of Hurricane Irene. We headed north on VT Rte 7 and every road east was closed because the bridges were washed away by the flash floods caused by the heavy rain from Irene. Got as far as Rutland, VT wet and cold and decided that the last leg of the ride would be in the day and not a raining night. We weren’t sure if we would have to go all the way to Burlington, VT to head back south to get across the state of Vermont.
The next day, yesterday we were able to finally wiggle our way over the mountains and trough the woods and got home with daylight to burn, so we hopped in the van and drove to get our boxer an hour away. Never guess what I did when I got home from that. Yupper, it was lights out and night night fo me. Fact is I took a nap this afternoon too. Lo I’m still beat, Sue too.
Now, after all that weather excitement, believe it or not, as I was ready to pull ahead to pay my NY Toll to get off I-90, (and I was next to pay too) we got rear ended. I almost lost the bike to the sudden and unexpected 4 foot push. I’m glad the guy ahead of me took off in a timely fashion or I would have been pushed into him. Turns out the Toll woman saw the whole thing and called the NY State Police. He was there in about a half an hour. Pretty quick for a labor day weekend. The 17 year old girl that hit me was driving a Hummve, man I’m glad she knew where the brake was because she could have drove over me like a small speed bump. I dropped the kickstand and walked back and asked her if she knew she hit me, she was crying and said she knew, she kept saying I’m sorry. Well sorry won’t due. Turns out she only had a learning permit and was alone in the Hummer and wasn’t even supposed to be on the hy-way. The Trooper said why don’t you just exchange info, I said, I’m from out of state and she doen’t have a proper licence so I’d like to have an accident report. After talking to my Ins provider today, I did the right thing. Looks like my little trailer is totaled and she doesn’t follow the leader very well anymore either. The hitch on the bike got pushed forward but the tire still cleared. Good news is, nobody got hurt and I was able to ride the tuna boat with the barge all the way home.