Key
West
OMG! I will never travel through Ft. Myers
again…or anywhere on FL’s west coast.
I
was caught in two horrendous thunderstorms.
The first one was pretty bad and I was able to make it to an exit and
take cover in a gas stations.
The
second one almost did me in. What
started as a medium rain instantly changed to a lightning, thundering zero
visibility downpour with horrendous gusting cross winds.
I
immediately lost sight of the car in front of me which I was trailing by about
4 car lengths. I had to let off the
throttle, apply the flashers, ease on the brake and hope the guy behind me
doesn’t make me into a Harley sandwich.
And
then the gust hit…..HARD! The rear end
of the bike started slipping out as the wind hit the load. I remember saying out loud “Oh Shit, this is
not good!” Maybe I was screaming it.
And
at that moment the white line on the shoulder veered to the right for an off
ramp and I eased down it finally reaching the end where a gas station was only 50
feet away.
Whew! I don’t ever want to do that again!
My
2nd dumbest move of the day was committing to reach Key West
today. I ended up riding the Keys in the
dark. Which was a good thing because of
my newly developed bridge phobia. I
couldn’t see the water and had no clue how high I was so I wasn’t affected at
all. I did however know whenever I was
on a bridge because of the connecting metal plates.
Finally
rolled into NAS at 11:30pm and got a room on the 5th floor. This is a very nice place for military at
about a fourth of the prices out in town.
Did my laundry (no, Ft. Myers didn’t mess up my trou).
Tomorrow
I see the Caribbean…and I hope it isn’t raining!
C ya mañana,
Gonzo
Twitter:
@GonzoCrossUSA
Email:
GonzoCrossUSA@gmail.com
Cell: 949-433-0761
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