A Rare Two-Post Day

Alright...so, I decided that I left out one of the more newsworthy things. I have had my first and, ideally, last crash on the H4. Last Wednesday, I had gone to escort Lisa home from work. So, she got in the car and I hopped on the scooter. We were headed through the neighborhood that we always go through when going to or from Target. With Lisa in the lead, we approached a right hand turn that we make to get through the neighborhood, across Hwy 93 to get to our neighborhood. Well, at this point I made a very dumb decision. I decided I would pass Lisa in the turn and go shooting past her on the neighborhood street. Lisa began her turn and I gunned it and went into a wider turn. Well, come to find out, with that tight a turn at that speed and with a little patch of gravel, physics works the same way it always has. After uttering a cry of frustration and fear, I landed hard on my right hip and elbow. The H4 skidded over into the lawn of the house on the corner. I skidded just to the side of the street. At this point, a terrified Lisa had parked the car by the side of the road and had exited the car to make sure that my stupidity hadn't cost me my life. I quickly got up and shook the dust off, went over to the scooter and pulled it back up onto the road. I gave Lisa a wave and a thumbs up to let her know I was okay. My elbow was scraped up pretty bad and I had some minor abrasions on each of my wrists. Miraculously, despite wearing shorts, I hadn't a single scrape on my legs. I don't know if I would ever be able to achieve such a thing were I to try that again. Needless to say, it isn't high on my "To Do" list. Almost a week and the wounds are just about healed. I am still very cautious on the H4 and intend to remain so. Well, there you have it. Two posts, one day. Amazing!