03-29-2020, 12:55 AM
It was a dark and stormy night (no kidding) - actually the rain hadn't begun yet and I was in a hurry to get home on Highway 20 before the deluge began. Pretty breezy and I was riding too fast in my rush to stay out of the thunderstorm. I must've been going 75 when suddenly a nearby lightning flash illuminated 2,000 lbs of black angus bull inches from my right handlebar. Lucky for me he was not crossing the road.
Absolutely impossible to see a light-sucking black-haired bovine with it's tail toward you in the dark of night. Even with the forest fire-starting bright headlight of the CB he was invisible. That snapshot image is one that I'll never forget!
I rarely ride at night anymore in rural cattle country.
Absolutely impossible to see a light-sucking black-haired bovine with it's tail toward you in the dark of night. Even with the forest fire-starting bright headlight of the CB he was invisible. That snapshot image is one that I'll never forget!
I rarely ride at night anymore in rural cattle country.