Jealous of that amazing terrain you have out there! Beautiful pictures 
Patrick.

Tail Winds,

~Hugh

On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 2:48:52 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote:
>
> All bikepacking trips are adventure. Toss in brain injury and they're all 
> on the edge adventure. This trip was made to avoid the construction noise 
> of the town puddle, just a few hundred yards from our home) from blowing up 
> my brain. Life is a gamble, and I both won and lost this round. I likely 
> would have done better staying here, as construction was less invasive and 
> much shorter than anticipated.
>
> Two minutes into the ride, riding out of Green Mountain Falls, I was run 
> off the road by a Century Link truck. I'd taken the lane because it's a 
> narrow two lane road. The oncoming car also had to stop and pull off the 
> road. That triggered my adrenaline and I dealt with the recovery from that 
> the whole trip. Because of the construction I persevered on, hoping to 
> recover quickly. I'm home after 4 days, and still recovering. Skull 
> shifting and splitting like tectonic plates, inability to produce body 
> heat, randomly firing muscles, foggy and lethargy. That's the losing part.
>
> The wondrous part is the gift of experiencing God's stunning, spectacular 
> creation. I also managed a wee day ride on the third day. The video is from 
> that (so no bags).
>
> Weather could not have been better. highs in the 50's, lows of 20˚F -- 
> fantastic for 10,000 feet in mid-October!
>
> Saw deer, elk prints, a peregrine falcon, and got in all seven of my 
> Coffeeaneering outings (if one extended outing with seven coffee's counts?)
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/32311885@N07/albums/72157659948033825
> (video at the end of the album)
>
> With abandon,
> Patrick
>
> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.mindyourheadcoop.org>*
> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.ourholyconception.org>*
>
>

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