"Freeway" ?......................
Got off work tonight and left Summerlin down the 215 on my usual wee hours commute home, although I can see a major electrical storm going on over in my part of town, my road is dry
..........well five minutes later one drop of rain led to the next, and the next thing you know I'm dealing with a major downpour going on. Water everywhere in very large amounts. The new Metzlers were tracking nice so I proceeded to push on. Ya know, keep the balance on center, no playing around kind of stuff. Man the lightning was amazing, and I'm getting soaked, but I keep on the throttle and figure I've got about fifteen minutes to go.
Well the lightning was shutting off all the freeway lighting and things were getting pretty dark crossing the I-15 on the Southside of Vegas. As I crossed under the I-15 there's no one on the freeway except me and a small............................."DOG"
. He was all of about a foot high at the head, and two feet long at the most, like a small, dark brown terrier stretched out......
As I see him light up in the headlights as he crosses my front tire line, he's one "FOOT" from my front wheel crossing me from right to left. Literally close enough to "TAKE ME OUT".....
I had no time to react, did I mention I was still doing legal freeway speeds, at the time
..........it was just that fast, and he was JUST that close. As I passed, he rolled out along my direction of travel as he was haulin' @ss along the inside of the fastlane, obviously NOT enjoying the rainstorm OR the lightning, and there was a lot of it. I immediately look in the rearview to see if anyone's behind me, "nobody". "Phew".......
I pulled underneath Las Vegas Blvd underpass and get out my phone. Of course 911 redirects me to NHP and we start talking. Well I'm looking into the darkness, tellin' them about the spooked canine and all of sudden, "HERE HE COMES"
, he's still haulin' @ss.
He just blows right by me and starts out into the lanes. I'm thinkin' "This is not a good thing", as an SUV passes by from the cloverleaf transition. Then all I see is him in the SUV's headlights and then....
"BRAKE LIGHTS"........
our little spooked guy is heading for the Las Vegas Blvd / 215 Eastbound onramp.
From there, "Sports-fans", the rest is left in the very capable hands of our Creator
, just like the one foot gap he gave me to realize that no matter how much gear I wear, sometimes a "Dog's Dumb Luck" is all we need to avoid disaster !!!!!
GOD'S DA' MAN !!!!!!!
and.........
BUSA'S ARE DA' MACHINE !!!!!!!
Got off work tonight and left Summerlin down the 215 on my usual wee hours commute home, although I can see a major electrical storm going on over in my part of town, my road is dry
Well the lightning was shutting off all the freeway lighting and things were getting pretty dark crossing the I-15 on the Southside of Vegas. As I crossed under the I-15 there's no one on the freeway except me and a small............................."DOG"
As I see him light up in the headlights as he crosses my front tire line, he's one "FOOT" from my front wheel crossing me from right to left. Literally close enough to "TAKE ME OUT".....
I pulled underneath Las Vegas Blvd underpass and get out my phone. Of course 911 redirects me to NHP and we start talking. Well I'm looking into the darkness, tellin' them about the spooked canine and all of sudden, "HERE HE COMES"
"BRAKE LIGHTS"........
From there, "Sports-fans", the rest is left in the very capable hands of our Creator
GOD'S DA' MAN !!!!!!!
BUSA'S ARE DA' MACHINE !!!!!!!
