Colorado Oops
On Tuesday a few miles after leaving Deckers it started raining. We looked for a place to stop and don raingear. The narrow twisty road had few turnouts so we took a left into one that suddenly appeared, appropriately named "Quandary Peak Road", and came to a full stop.
A) Major premise: all surface areas in Colorado are steeply sloped.
B) Minor premise: a foot that barely touches ground on flat surfaces will be hovering in air on sloped surfaces.
C) Conclusion: Bettie dropped her bike.
Unfortunately the bike decided her foot was softer than pavement and landed square on, breaking (we learned later) three metatarsals.
After assorted adventures involving satellite rescue services, 911, biker bars, a ride in the paddy wagon, emergency rooms, to be detailed later, we and bikes wound up in Denver at the house of friends.
As I write this, by a frenetic day of developing contingency plans, we and our bikes are awaiting return (in separate conveyances) to Houston. Colorado won this round, but we will have a rematch someday.
Bettie is all right (for a person with a broken foot) and is not discouraged. See the associated photo of Miss Indomitable.
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