I rode from Stratton Mtn Resort the sight of MSTA's STAR 2016 to Quebec City... Then this. Feeling very very lucky today! Lucky to have my health, my wonderful wife, family and friends. And to be able to enjoy a life style where I can travel and visit wonderful places by motorcycle. The wonders of this earth we live I are so much more accessible and I am much more IN them as I ride. The smell of the new mown hay, the wild flowers that grow along our byways and the scent of the passing skunk are all a part of it.
Yesterday is especially present on my mind and life. As I rode into downtown Quebec the beauty of the city with people out and about was inviting. In the next instant while traveling in the left lane next to the double line I was facing a small black sedan in my lane across the double line coming straight at me. He was so directly in my lane for the first instant I questioned if I was in the wrong lane! But no of the four lanes, two going my way two the other I was where I should be. In the next few instances the possible paths and choices flashed in my head. As I was deciding that since no other vehicle was in the oncoming lane to my left I was deciding that on the double yellow line was where I would go. As I was braking and slightly turning the bike it seems he or she realized they were in the wrong place. Lucky for me in the screeching tires from the car it swerved to my right into the right lane. Luckily there was no one there. As I came to a stop I looked in my mirror to see the car also stopped behind me and still in the wrong lanes. Then the adrenaline hit me. I was shaking and needed to pull over. As I did so the gravity of it all was sinking in. Of all the possible outcomes this was the very best so why wasn't I overjoyed?
As I sat next to parked cars looking at the beauty of the downtown architecture I went through all of the possible emotions. I never saw the drivers face and don't really know if he or she was texting or what they were doing to be in my lane.
Today everything seems brighter clearer... more alive if you will! As I explore the beauty of Quebec I will keep an eye out for a small black sedan. I realize I don't even know what kind of car it was.
I will endeavor to appreciate it all a bit more!Feeling very very lucky today! Lucky to have my health, my wonderful wife, family and friends. And to be able to enjoy a life style where I can travel and visit wonderful places by motorcycle. The wonders of this earth we live I are so much more accessible and I am much more IN them as I ride. The smell of the new mown hay, the wild flowers that grow along our byways and the scent of the passing skunk are all a part of it.
Yesterday is especially present on my mind and life. As I rode into downtown Quebec the beauty of the city with people out and about was inviting. In the next instant while traveling in the left lane next to the double line I was facing a small black sedan in my lane across the double line coming straight at me. He was so directly in my lane for the first instant I questioned if I was in the wrong lane! But no of the four lanes, two going my way two the other I was where I should be. In the next few instances the possible paths and choices flashed in my head. As I was deciding that since no other vehicle was in the oncoming lane to my left I was deciding that on the double yellow line was where I would go. As I was braking and slightly turning the bike it seems he or she realized they were in the wrong place. Lucky for me in the screeching tires from the car it swerved to my right into the right lane. Luckily there was no one there. As I came to a stop I looked in my mirror to see the car also stopped behind me and still in the wrong lanes. Then the adrenaline hit me. I was shaking and needed to pull over. As I did so the gravity of it all was sinking in. Of all the possible outcomes this was the very best so why wasn't I overjoyed?
As I sat next to parked cars looking at the beauty of the downtown architecture I went through all of the possible emotions. I never saw the drivers face and don't really know if he or she was texting or what they were doing to be in my lane.
Today everything seems brighter clearer... more alive if you will! As I explore the beauty of Quebec I will keep an eye out for a small black sedan. I realize I don't even know what kind of car it was.
I will endeavor to appreciate it all a bit more!
Let's Ride!
Brick
Yesterday is especially present on my mind and life. As I rode into downtown Quebec the beauty of the city with people out and about was inviting. In the next instant while traveling in the left lane next to the double line I was facing a small black sedan in my lane across the double line coming straight at me. He was so directly in my lane for the first instant I questioned if I was in the wrong lane! But no of the four lanes, two going my way two the other I was where I should be. In the next few instances the possible paths and choices flashed in my head. As I was deciding that since no other vehicle was in the oncoming lane to my left I was deciding that on the double yellow line was where I would go. As I was braking and slightly turning the bike it seems he or she realized they were in the wrong place. Lucky for me in the screeching tires from the car it swerved to my right into the right lane. Luckily there was no one there. As I came to a stop I looked in my mirror to see the car also stopped behind me and still in the wrong lanes. Then the adrenaline hit me. I was shaking and needed to pull over. As I did so the gravity of it all was sinking in. Of all the possible outcomes this was the very best so why wasn't I overjoyed?
As I sat next to parked cars looking at the beauty of the downtown architecture I went through all of the possible emotions. I never saw the drivers face and don't really know if he or she was texting or what they were doing to be in my lane.
Today everything seems brighter clearer... more alive if you will! As I explore the beauty of Quebec I will keep an eye out for a small black sedan. I realize I don't even know what kind of car it was.
I will endeavor to appreciate it all a bit more!Feeling very very lucky today! Lucky to have my health, my wonderful wife, family and friends. And to be able to enjoy a life style where I can travel and visit wonderful places by motorcycle. The wonders of this earth we live I are so much more accessible and I am much more IN them as I ride. The smell of the new mown hay, the wild flowers that grow along our byways and the scent of the passing skunk are all a part of it.
Yesterday is especially present on my mind and life. As I rode into downtown Quebec the beauty of the city with people out and about was inviting. In the next instant while traveling in the left lane next to the double line I was facing a small black sedan in my lane across the double line coming straight at me. He was so directly in my lane for the first instant I questioned if I was in the wrong lane! But no of the four lanes, two going my way two the other I was where I should be. In the next few instances the possible paths and choices flashed in my head. As I was deciding that since no other vehicle was in the oncoming lane to my left I was deciding that on the double yellow line was where I would go. As I was braking and slightly turning the bike it seems he or she realized they were in the wrong place. Lucky for me in the screeching tires from the car it swerved to my right into the right lane. Luckily there was no one there. As I came to a stop I looked in my mirror to see the car also stopped behind me and still in the wrong lanes. Then the adrenaline hit me. I was shaking and needed to pull over. As I did so the gravity of it all was sinking in. Of all the possible outcomes this was the very best so why wasn't I overjoyed?
As I sat next to parked cars looking at the beauty of the downtown architecture I went through all of the possible emotions. I never saw the drivers face and don't really know if he or she was texting or what they were doing to be in my lane.
Today everything seems brighter clearer... more alive if you will! As I explore the beauty of Quebec I will keep an eye out for a small black sedan. I realize I don't even know what kind of car it was.
I will endeavor to appreciate it all a bit more!
Let's Ride!
Brick
