Retro-one of our bike club members was just up the road in his pickup truck. He was going to take some video of us as we rode by. He heard their was a crash and was onsite in minutes. They put my bike in the bed of his pickup and helped me get in the cab. He was so nice, I was bleeding pretty good and in a good bit of pain but he made a point telling me to know worry about blood getting on his upholstery. Another stranger also stopped in his car and offered to take me to the hospital but our buddy showed up right afterwards.

My my van was at the starting point of the ride so we stopped by there and put the bike and all my bike gear in my van which was most helpful to not have all that at the hospital. I was also able to get my wallet and medical insurance cards from my van. The hospital was just a few minutes away and my wife was waiting on me at the entrance to the ER when we arrived. She and my son shuttled my van back to the house around midnight that night.

Logistically it couldn’t have worked out any better. I was not going to leave my bike out there!!!!