We'll start by saying that Cara's just fine, so there is no need to worry.
Now for the details: Cara enjoyed her first bike accident today. It was bound to happen eventually and the good news is that it was not serious. While Cara was swerving to go around a turning car, a young woman stepped in front of Cara's bike. The good news is that the bike brakes work very well though they are perhaps a bit touchy since stopping so suddenly also managed to launch Cara over the handlebars... and into a perfect somersault from which she stood up with only a light scratch on the ankle to show for the incident. Also impressive was the ability of the other bikes to swerve around the downed bike and rider.
Really the whole thing turned out rather well and since the statistics indicate that eventually every bicycle rider will have an accident in this city, Cara feels better knowing she has gotten it out of the way with such ease.
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You know... when other people have a title 'Bicycling Excitement'- I expect to see how far they traveled, what pretty sights they saw, and maybe an encounter with .. i dunno .. a moose.
With you two, my first thought is 'oh my, what happened now!' =)
Glad to hear all are well and that Cara is such a gymnast.
Karen
Your pretty lucky. My dad flipped over his handle bars trail riding when he hit a hole. Messed up the bike and had to get stiches and ended up with a big contusion on his leg that eventually needed a doctor's attention. Of course, he's old and fragile, but that's beside the point. The worst part is the ridicule he suffered at the hands of his two sons >:)
Oh, and this post was useless without pictures. Even the slightest war wounds are still cool to look at.
Holy crap, how did I miss this when it got posted originally?!
Daaaaaamn!
Glad you're okay! Hooray for acrobatics!
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