Wanderlust

The Battle of Mobile

June 9, 2008 at 12:53 am kadams06 Leave a comment

(This is a post from earlier on the trip…but I never had the chance to put it online)

As we were leaving Mobile we became turned around. We were given the option of either going all around the city and taking a bridge or biking through a tunnel. Since we believe in following conscious decision making we all put a “1” finger in the area (meaning we agree with the proposal) to taking the tunnel. Our safety support van trailed us into the tunnel as we began to go down hill. The momentum sped up pedaling and the first riders in our pack came upon rain grates too difficult for our tires to go over, and they came to a halt. Those of us in the back did not have enough time to stop and a bike pile up occurred. I couldn’t stop my bike and I ran into Elizabeth’s fallen bike and flew 3 feet in the air and landed tangled up with other bikes on top of me. Luckily we had our support vehicle trailing us then, or else we could have been hit by a car!

The other rides helped me get up and got me in the van and I iced my body. My bike B.S. (beautiful soul) was dead! Collete (Elizabeth’s bike) was hurt pretty bad as well. We searched for a bike shop in the Lady (our name for our GPS device), but she gave us directions to The Bike Shop…a bar! So we had to trek all the way across town, Elizabeth and Nora on bike and Becky and I in the van for repairs. About 2 hours later, a few new tires and a new derailer, we were better and ready to meet up with the others for lunch.

The others came across some local Mobile kids who had seen us bike into the city the day before and they knew all about us! It was our first time having fans on the road and it felt great!

 

That is why that day shall forever be known as “The Battle of Mobile.”

-Kathleen

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