Today's ride was really interesting; I mean really, really interesting. Needles, DD, Hooleo, BP, Drifter, Professore, Pinky, Buck, MrsEchoBay and I pulled out of the Husky around 11:30 for a ride out of the Sault east to Hwy. 638 then cross country to Bruce Mines and return.
But something out of the ordinary happened. What I'm about to tell you may scare you a bit, but I have to get this off my chest. Today, we had a ghost riding with the group. Yes, that's right a ghost. I mean everyone on the ride couldn't believe it. One minute, a biker at the back of the pack all the way from the Husky to 15 or 20 minutes up Hwy 638 disappeared. Like a ghost, he just disappeared.
Everyone on the ride was concerned because no one knew where this ghost disappeared to. Needles and DD noticed him missing first and turned around to look for him. Professore left the others and joined the search of the road and ditches further back but returned empty - handed. The ghost was nowhere to be found.
There was no way to get hold of the ghost and he hadn't told
anyone in the group that he was going to leave early. We all hoped that he made it safe and sound to wherever he was going.
I can't believe I’m actually talking about this ghost but it was chilling to think about what might have happened. After checking to see if we could find him, we
continued on with our ride.
It was a reminder, however, to all riders that should they have to leave a ride prematurely to always let one of the road captains know they are departing the group. We don't want to have to go chasing after ghosts again.
Just before we reached Bruce Mines, we met up with Brewster. He had left home late but managed
to find us enroute. We stopped at Bobber's Restaurant in Bruce Mines for
something to eat on the deck then all headed home.
Today was one of those rides that highlighted why we have ride rules and every ride may not go without incident.
EchoBay
No comments:
Post a Comment