Thanks for reading, everyone. I’m so happy your devices didn’t crash with the onslaught of photos.
I forgot to add one last thing re: the Bicycle Bus - how could I forget this? This could be titled, Leah’s Bicycle Bus Goes to Court. It was 3:00 pm on a lovely May day. School had just let out, and my two sons and I were perched upon the sidewalk holding onto our bikes and waiting for the WALK sign to walk the bikes across the crosswalk. There were several other kids standing with us. I know it sounds crazy, but it was like it happened in slow motion - an SUV came straight for us, came UP OVER THE CURB, ONTO THE SIDEWALK and nearly hit us. Inches. Mere inches away. The driver continued to drive, his two right wheels up on the sidewalk, driving as if nothing was amiss. There was a row of orange cones near the curb, and as he drove on, he ran over two and they became wedged under his chassis. He never reacted like anything was amiss; he just kept driving. Clearly, this person is impaired. As we were still trying to take this all in, a car drove by us with the window down and the driver, a woman, said, “I saw that! I’m calling 911!” We were all ok, and pulled ourselves together and began our climb up the hill. When we reached the top, that kind woman had pulled over and was waiting for police. She had followed the driver to the the entrance of the gated community he must live in, and had reported his license plate number. She had been following this driver because before our encounter, he had hit her car with his and refused to stop. The damage to her car was minimal, and as she drove behind him, she was mulling over whether to call the police or not when she saw him drive up onto the sidewalk into a crowd of school kids. Now she knew what she should do. We waited together until the police arrived. The police officer wrote down our information and told us there were 5 other recent incidents on this driver’s record besides ours. He was a tenacious officer, not willing to give up and let this person go free. He went straight to the residence but the man refused to answer the door. The officer continued to make contact and hours later the man answered the door, and he was falling down drunk. There was no way to prove he was drunk at the time of his incident with us, so they read him the riot act but left without an arrest. They did file charges of failure to maintain his lane and leaving the scene of an accident. Just before my trip to Europe I found out the drunk was fighting these charges, prompting the City to subpoena me (and other other woman involved) to court as a witness. I’ve stayed out of trouble my whole life, so being in court is new and intimidating for me. I was greatly relieved when the court date was called off two nights before I left for Europe. I returned home, planted my feet on American soil just in time to get another subpoena, this one for December 13. The investigator who subpoenaed me said the guy is likely trying to cut a deal, thus the continuance. I’m rather dreading facing this man in court. I never saw his face, only his vehicle, so I’m not a good witness. The other woman will be more important, I would think. I am not looking forward to an attorney pointing this out to me, or to having my character questioned. I also know where this man lives and thanks to Facebook, who he is. Which means he can know who I am as well. He has a lot of money and is in a really bad emotional state; thanks to FB I also know he has a teenage son dying of brain cancer. I feel for him, but he’s going to kill someone. Leah > On Nov 2, 2017, at 3:56 AM, Steve Butcher <docbutch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Happy thoughts and images upon which to begin the day! Thanks, Leah! > > On Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at 12:08:30 PM UTC-5, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > Hi All, > I read the list all the time but haven't said much as of late - but I mean > to! I recently got back from Ireland and I even took photos of interesting > bikes as seen on the streets there - while my husband rolled his eyes in the > background - because I knew you'd care (my ONLY biking friends are on this > list). > > I've been out here, riding the wheels off TBBITW (The Best Bike in the World, > if you don't know) and loving it. School is in full swing and we remain the > only members of the Bicycle Bus. I've somehow managed to add a VIOLIN to the > already obnoxious load on TBBITW, and still make it up Death Hill. I put my > pride aside last month and got my older son a rack and Wald from Rivendell so > he can at least carry his own laptop and jacket. Even just that much off my > bike makes a difference. More on that later. > > I have several photos to share but I read somewhere that it is frowned upon > to put them directly onto the list email. With LTE and high speed internet, > is this still the rule? I could be obedient and use a Flickr link, but it > won't be nearly as fun without words. 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