AND I WENT DOWN

Peace of Mind with the ROAD ID




Gotta back up to Saturday a week ago:
So I went back to the scene of the crime. AHAAA!!! Flags are there now. What am I referring to, you ask?
Well, coming back around Patriots Point Saturday before last, I've got a picture perfect view of the Yorktown (the infamous WWII US Navy Aircraft Carrier) on my left,



and beautiful blue skies and a bright sunny morning. Then BAM and I am down. A bit stunned, I see the guard from the guard house running towards me as well as several others who were close by. I haven't crashed in a while so I was a bit shaken. Good thing I had my helmet on. I was on pavement and going at a good pace around the corner, really enjoying the day and the ride. I saw the orange traffic barrels. There must have been 4, maybe 5 across the road. My intent was to go between the middle ones and proceed on. Little did I know that there was a cable (rope, cable, whatever it was it wasn't going to let me go through) going across from barrel to barrel. With the bright sunlight I couldn't see it...well, until it was too late. Down I went. I sat up, looked around, saw I was in one piece with no bright red stuff oozing from anywhere, figured all was good...which it was. I was okay and able to get back in the saddle and finish the ride (especially good since this is only the half way point).
When I went back this past Saturday, I noticed there are now flags hanging on the cables between the barrels! That was the ahaaa moment.
All okay. The only real damage done, if you could call it that, was a really sore wrist. I guess I tried somehow to break the fall??? did I let go of the handle bars??? I'll never know. I do have a bruise and a scratch on my thigh but that will heal. Thank heavens for my helmet. And my family gave me the Road ID bracelet (http://www.roadid.com) for Fathers Day. I always wear it.

It has personal info including my blood type, emergency phone numbers, my physicians name and they had a personal message engraved....LIVESTRONG WARD! What a great gift. Thanks fam! Had things not turned out so good with this crash, it would have been a blessing to have this form of identification on.
Alls well that ends well.