37 mi from danville to berea, ky; over 3000 logged miles. Met katie,56, runs a recycling operation in paint lick (the indians painted the trees to mark a salt lick)...she started life poor and got a ged and college degree and seemed so alive.
Berea college started in 1855 as an abolitionist college dedicated to educating "mountain people" and I admire the school.
I was riding my bike, unloaded (and less familiar to me), around berea when I had a fall. I went to the ER, to rule out a fracture of my left arm, got registered as a patient, when multiple trauma patients from a motor vehicle accident came in, then a thunderstorm and a loss of power. I suggested to the nurse that I had just a sprain and would rather return to my motel. She smiled and told me to come back if my pain worsens. My friend mike is 35 miles behind with an infected carbuncle on his coxyx so I may wait for him while my arm heals.
Some older people on the route still talk in wonder about the summer of 1976 when a couple of thousand riders came through, the first time, on the route.
Berea college started in 1855 as an abolitionist college dedicated to educating "mountain people" and I admire the school.
I was riding my bike, unloaded (and less familiar to me), around berea when I had a fall. I went to the ER, to rule out a fracture of my left arm, got registered as a patient, when multiple trauma patients from a motor vehicle accident came in, then a thunderstorm and a loss of power. I suggested to the nurse that I had just a sprain and would rather return to my motel. She smiled and told me to come back if my pain worsens. My friend mike is 35 miles behind with an infected carbuncle on his coxyx so I may wait for him while my arm heals.
Some older people on the route still talk in wonder about the summer of 1976 when a couple of thousand riders came through, the first time, on the route.
Damn, dude! Yeesh. Get well soon.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about the fall. Pleeeeease, find out if it's fractured. Nursy me just has to say it . . . pain level is NOT diagnostic for discerning a sprain from a fracture. Hope you are well soon and that we see you in Tri-Cities again before too long.
ReplyDeleteHeck yes, I am with Tom on that one. My mom walked around 10 days thinking she had pulled a muscle in her leg when in fact she had a fractured pelvis. Get and x-ray.
ReplyDeleteMiss you friend.