Well yesterday on my road ride (alone), I ventured up a hill into a pretty quiet area. Wanted to go up to the top, so turned left onto "Panorama Drive" or something like that. Greg and I have been on this street before on our bikes, and I was pretty sure it wasn't a "private drive". It's one of those small streets with no outlet and a sign listing all the names of who lives on the street. HOWEVER, there was no sign that said "Private Drive" or "no Tresspassing", etc.
As I rode down the street, all of sudden I heard some dogs barking. Then I could feel that they were at my back wheel barking and chasing. I told them to please just let me go by and yea yea I get the point.... etc etc. I was hoping that I would find an outlet on this "no Outlet" street. Once I saw the end of the street, another large dog came tearing after me. I said "ok ok, I will leave!". I turned my bike around, which only made this dog more agressive. As I tried to ride by, he bit my foot. THANKFULLY, he didn't bite hard enough to break through my Specialized road shoes (thanks Specialized for making a shoe that makes it a little tougher for a dog to BITE THROUGH IT).
At this point I am very scared, shaking, upset., etc etc. I rode away, thankfully the dog didn't chase. However, I knew I had to get thorugh the other 2 dogs. I was looking around for ANYONE, any single person who could help me get outta there. Thankfully a guy in an SUV drove up, and I flagged him down. I didn't have to say much because he saw the dogs blocking my way out of the street. He yelled to the dogs "Be nice!", and I rode along side his car slowly. He said "don't worry, they will only intimidate you". I then mentioned that the dog down the street actually BIT me. He said "Oh ya... that one.. well these dogs are the watch dogs of the street". I found it hard to believe that no one else has complained about these dogs. Without a sign that says no tresspassing or private drive, why wouldn't people venture over there? It's one of the nice vista points in Redlands. What if I was on foot, or a small child? Yea I sure felt like a small child out there yesterday!
Anyways, it was definately scary and I will never go back to that street! Maybe I am the last person in town to know that you should never ride/walk down "Panorama Drive!"
Thursday night, Matt, Trevor, Joy and I are off to Deer Valley, UT for yet another challenging weeekend of racing! I am feeling alot better now, but hopefully I can feel 100% for the weekend.
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did you change your font? i find it easier to read. If Doz was there, he would ahve taken that nasty pet DOWN
i made the font size larger, which does help! It makes me realize I probably write TOO MUCH text. I need more photos. I will prob put some pix from the east coast travels up there at some point!!!!!!
Yea Dozer would have been able to take these dogs out. Murphy mgiht still be too little, but he would have tried!
And they San Bernardino is scary.
Thank goodness your o.k.
Good luck in Dear Valley.Kick some
Butt!!
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