Just went out by myself this afternoon, doing my Rowlett - Sachse loop... On the way out, I thought, "should I bother to take my camera... naaah.......
oh, heck, why not"...
So, I had an uneventful ride up to Sachse, just enjoying the tailwing and anticipating the headwind going back south -- when I get up to my turnaround point, and I see a guy walking what looks like a recumbent of some sort through a large grassy corner lot... So I wheeled over and said hi...
This is Keith and his EZ-1, that he's had for about 4 years, and who is down about 40 pounds so far...
I gave him one of my RBENT cards, so he might say hi here somewhere...
So, I turned into the headwind, and headed South. I went up Dump Hill, and shortly encountered a dozen or so PBA riders going the opposite direction approaching the downhill, waving and saying hello...
I then got caught at a long light at 190 and Castle, and when I eventually could cross, I saw a DF rider coming up behind me -- so I slowed down, and asked him where he was headed -- he replied "Sachse" which was weird, because we were going SOUTH, away from Sachse... I said, "I'm headed home, to Rowlett" To which he replied, "Cool...
see ya..." and attempted to PULL AWAY AND LEAVE ME BEHIND... tsk, tsk, tsk... [just a lesson to any DF riders out there -- never say "see ya" and attempt to drop a
'bent rider when riding INTO THE WIND...
] So, I quickly pulled even again, and mentioned that I had just seen the PBA group heading towards Dump Hill -- he said, "Are you with PBA?" I replied, "No, GDB and RBENT....
SEE YA!!!!!!" And I believe I caught a look of surprise on his face in my mirror as I pulled away, never to see him again...
Then as I got close to home, I came up on Rowlett Rd, with a lot of cars backed up at the intersection... I pulled up to the corner, and there were HUNDREDS of motorcycles going down the street, with police escort. So, I caught some video -- at the 25 second point, you can see MICKEY MOUSE go by...
This was apparently a "Cops for Kids" toy drive, with motorcycle-riding policemen from all around the area riding together through Richardson and Rowlett. Pretty cool...
Moral of the story:
ALWAYS take your camera!!!!