75th ride of 2016 - Sunday, 5/22/2016

The accident that so turned my life upside down and inside out happened just before noon on Saturday, May 22, 1993. That afternoon the doctor told Michelle that I would very likely not live the night, so we now observe May 22 as Life Day. Here is a picture that ran in the Jackson newspaper, as it occurred just outside Jackson. I can be seen (though not clearly) on the stretcher at the right of the picture; I was run off the highway by another driver, and my small car tumbled and ejected me from the window. I ended up incurring a closed-head Traumatic Brain Injury that left me in coma for 2 months and in the hospital until December 7. I'm happy to be much more mobile now, 23 years later!

This afternoon, I celebrated Life Day by sailing through a single round trip to Marsh Park in a few seconds under an hour. I had hoped to do a longer ride (perhaps as many as four round trips), but (1) I rode following the Tigers' encouraging 9-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, and it was a relatively long game, so my ride didn't start until almost 4:30; and (2) Michelle I wanted to eat out tonight in celebration, and I really didn't want to go too late. The heavens were smiling on me, however—my ride took place in unbroken 72° sunshine.