I took a HUGE lick on the shoulder from a compact car's side view
mirror.  Our group was on it's way back to Archer from the Bronson
Speedway, just past the Alachua County landfill.  I was pulling when I
hit a bump which knocked my seat  up into an unrideable postion.  So I
stopped and adjusted it.  Fortunately , Katey (the med student on a
Scatante with areobars) came back to check on me.  I was done so we
started back toward the group.  I was behind - maybe 20 yards or so -
and I was barely going 12 mph - when WHOMP! some driver played
tag-your're-it with me with her mirror.  I took a breath and ... I'm
ALIVE!  And it didn't even hurt too much either.  I landed in a nice
patch of sand.  There was no damamge to my bike.  There wasn't even a
scratch on my jersey.  So laid on my good side and did the patient
thing.  I rode the ambulance to NFR - I take all my injuries there!  The
X-rays indicate no broken bones but my left shoulder is VERY SORE.  I
reckon I'll be taking it easy for a few days.

I want to thank Katey for being there - she took care of my bike and she
and Don (???) came to check on me at the ER.  Fred and Roger called me
at the ER too.  Thanks!!

Well, it was a shocking episode.  We all know that stretch of SR 26 is
bad.  There were trucks going both directions and apparently there was a
truck tail-gating the little blue Madza that hit me.  The driver was an
older woman - a Walmart  shopper type - not a soccer mom....  We all
know this sort of thing happens.  We've all felt cars swoosh past us.
Well, this is as close as it can get without being knocked in the air.
And this is a reminder of what happened to Gus Anttinoni and his
son-in-law.

I think I'm never going to ride Archer Road ever again...

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