Good rider down, not out!

[paul]

Last Monday morning my wife came upon a motorcycle accident about 10 - 20 minutes after it happened. People were just helping the victims and had the rider on the ground and were tending him. EMS and others started arriving just about that time. She called me to tell me to be caereful, mentioned the accident and said it looked like the rider had lost his leg.

Well, we learned yesterday that this was indeed one of our "family" part of the group with which we ride. Our ties are closer than just being biking buds. We are "family" in a sense, as I said.

Anyhow, he is in Memorial Herman, and in good spirits. He did loose his leg from the knee down. He has been requesting one legged jokes from us. This is a man who has probably put more miles on a bike than any 5 of us together. He has litterallly ridden all his life and probably seen parts of every state from the saddle. He will be back, and I'm sure will ride again. We don't know what happened, but do know that two cars were involved. Since Joel was an experienced rider, we expect that one of the fools in a cage was responsible. But, we'll see. In the mean time, we'll take care of our friend.