Re: [ST] Suicidal Squirrel

[Martin Waltman <marty_rw@xxxxxxxxx>]

What kind of grape??


- --- STeve Duncan <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> A less than fortunate squirrel paid the ultimate
> price on Sunday, during my 
> return run from Bull Shoals.  It was sad, really. 
> Mr. Squirrel was sitting 
> contentedly on the right side of the road, looking
> happy fondling his nuts.  
> As I approached his suicidal tendencies kicked in
> and he made a mad dash 
> across the road, perfectly timing contact between
> his noggin and my front 
> tire.  I could hear the sound of his little skull
> popping like a grape as I 
> rolled over it.  I'm sure it was quick and painless.
>  I just hope he had a 
> good stash of nuts stored away for his family.
> 
> Otherwise it was a good run up Saturday and back on
> Sunday.  1076 total 
> miles, 544 up and 532 back, both in just less than
> 10 hours each.  This 
> entire trip was with NO interstate, all backroads
> and state hiway.  Best leg 
> was the first, 213 miles in 3 hours with zero stops.
> 
> Got to ride some of my favorite roads;  Talimena
> Drive twice, Push Mtn road, 
> AR-27 and 21 and 43 and 263, 178, and 309(Magazine
> Mtn.) and a bunch of 
> others.  Couple of things, AR-263 south of Push Mtn
> is a must do, very, very 
> nice.  And 66 from from 65 over to 263 is really
> nice as well.  These are 
> roads I've either never ridden, or it's been so long
> I don't remember.  Push 
> Mtn road is exactly 25.5 miles long and took me
> exactly 21 minutes to 
> traverse. No other vehicles were seen all the way
> across.  Sweet.
> 
> All in all a very fine weekend run.  Except I do
> feel sorry for the widowed 
> Mizzuz Squirrel.
> 
> 
> STeveDuncan
> '00-ST
> Tejas
> 
> 
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