I'm Still Alive

I came this close 🤏 to crashing this morning. It's night dark and I only have the lights the bike came with, not my auxiliary lights. I'm going about the speed limit (45 I think). I have a green light. A white sedan makes an unprotected left turn in front of me. Right in front of me. Despite having ABS, I heard my rear wheel squeel as I slammed on the brakes. Just when I thought I was going to wind up in his back seat, I jogged the bars to the left. But not enough, so I knew I would go down when his rear bumper grabbed my right saddle bag. I clenched my teeth for the impact...which never came. I was past him, upright, still slowing down, and panting. I didn't pull over because I thought I might not keep going, so I kept going, still panting. It took a while to catch my breath. It was the closest miss yet. I don't know how we didn't connect, but I'm really glad we didn't.

The rest of the day was fine...in comparison 🤣. Last night, I fell asleep really early, so I woke up really early and was on the road before 0530. I guess that's why I missed the rain that everyone was talking about at dinner tonight. Cool. Oh! And the weather finally warmed up enough that I could take off my heated gear! Yay!

I made it down to Hilton Head, an island South of Charleston but north of Savannah, to find the Harley dealership T-shirt shop was shut down. That's the fifth closed down HD I've come across this year. Disappointing. But I had a lovely piece of coconut cream pie at one of my Ride To Eat stops and delicious fried green tomatoes for a late lunch at another stop. Winning!

I debated with myself about riding down River Street in Savannah. It's cobblestones with a set of train tracks running down it. I've been down it on my other bikes, but this Road Glide is so massive and so heavy that I was pretty nervous. But considering how I began the day, I said, "F*** it, I'm doing it!" It worked out fine, and I didn't have to cross the tracks. So that got me the River Street HD T-shirt shop photo. Plus, I grabbed a shot of the Savannah harbor light that counts as one of my lighthouses. Again, winning!

All in all a good day and better one because I survived it.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 52572
Ending odometer: 52967
Daily mileage: 395
2026 miles total: 6300Leggi altro