The Pats drove away b4 I made the TH. I continued into town to the laundromat. Everything clean, some dried others drying. A clean body to slide between my worn flannel sheets.
Will and I met @ agreed upon time of 1:30 @ Cultural park. We hashed out ride details to be Last Frontier to Western Civ to Cockscomb down Rupp to Girdner back to Cultural park. Will moved along pretty well for being off his bike for ages. I kept him in range, I was never too far ahead. I heard metal hitting rock then an Oh Shit. I turned around to the sounds of snapping branches. Will hit a boulder that launched him arcing head first down the hill side. He came to rest 10 feet down slope. At first his biggest discomfort was the sharp awls of oak leaves sticking into his flesh. Then he sneezed. Ouch. Sore ribs. Numerous scratches bled on his skin. Nothing that we bandaged. He decided to go onward. I shorted the ride at the junction of last Frontier and Western Civ then on to Girdner. Will finished a sport. Sore ribs and maybe other body parts await him tomorrow morning. He treated me to a Montana beer back @ TH. We drove down to Oak Creek brewery for dinner, his treat.
I left dinner and drove back up hill to Snap for a shower then out to Deer Pass.
Forecast is calling for heavy rain and snow starting tonight. I put the rain cover over the bike.
The ortho Dr said my shoulder joint is tight. He gave the steroid shot to reduce bursa swelling. I experienced a slight reduction in pain. Danny’ lady friend Ellie turned me onto to the castor oil I wrote about previously. Today while waiting ride start I applied the wool patch saturated w/ castor oil on my shoulder and topped it off w/ a hot h2o bottle. Amazing pain reduction. As long as the source of pain is inflammation I will pursue snake oil. Castor oil is not snake oil.
7 rides short of 1000.