Kris and I were invited to go on a group motorcycle ride by one of the guys he works with. Sunday 2-20-11 we all met up and started out towards the Natchez Trail in Mississippi.
We were 30 minutes into the ride when a rider in front of us hit the corner of a child's headboard that was laying in his lane.
To actually see an accident happen right in front of your eyes is the most distributing and helpless feeling a person could ever image.
The event seem to be happening in slow motion than fast forward into a state of hurrying to help. The rider went skidding along the interstate highway than turned and rolled head over many times before skidding off the road.
He was very blessed with only a broken toe, broke rib,fractured rib, fractured collar bone. He was also blessed in not getting run over by a tractor trailer rig that was behind us.
There is so much to watch out for when riding in a group or just being on a highway by yourself. We don't know if the rider was distracted by something else or just didn't see the object in time.
We are thankful that he was wearing the proper clothes and he skin was not torn up too bad. However he was not wearing a full face helmet and his face did get road rash but nothing was broken. He was not wearing gloves and his hands were tore up really bad.
It is our hope that people will learn from this accident. We don't want people to stop riding motorcycles, but safety courses are out there for a reason.
Kris assured me that we would not have crashed like this having our Spyder with 2 wheels in the front. Of Course you still need to be causes when riding.
We do wear a full face helmet and all the appropriate gear.
Even with all the appropriate gear and training things still do happen from time to time. We cannot be afraid to enjoy our life. What gives me peace and the ability to enjoy life is knowing if something does happen to me and I die I know where my soul will be. Everyone can have that same peace. 1 Cor 15:1-4
You never know what tomorrow will bring.
