Monday, September 12, 2005
Just Like the Movies
This morning dark and early (yeah it was way before "bright and early") I was taking Caroline to the bus stop as usual. As we were pulling into the parking area she noticed a man that she had seen the day before. He naturally stuck out from the crowd because he wore light green scrubs. I imagine he is a nurse or something similar. That's not the only thing however, that made him stick out. He was on a bicycle, and that is why I'm writing about him.
Like I said just as we were about to pull in she noticed him. This also happened to be the precise time that he was riding off of the road onto the the walk area at the bus stop (it's the Timpanogos Transit Center, not a regular bus stop on the side of the road). As his front wheel approached the side walk area his bike came to a forceful and quick stop. Unfortunately, his body and the bag he was carrying did not. They continued forward until is butt was no longer on his seat and his hands were no long holding the handle bars. Additionally, his feet were no longer on his pedals they happened to be somewhere between the pedals and the ground trying vigorusly to reach something solid before everything hit something solid. Eventually his chest hit up against his handle bars getting the bike up and over the small ledge that had been the cause of all this hassle and his feet did find the ground, but the half second of chaos we witnessed was so delightful that Caroline and I laughed about it for the next several minutes replaying it over and over in our minds before her bus came and took her away from me.
Caroline mentioned afterward how fortunate it was for him that as he was in his moment of dispear we were turning our car and thus our headlights just in time to spotlight him.
It's been a great morning thus far.
This morning dark and early (yeah it was way before "bright and early") I was taking Caroline to the bus stop as usual. As we were pulling into the parking area she noticed a man that she had seen the day before. He naturally stuck out from the crowd because he wore light green scrubs. I imagine he is a nurse or something similar. That's not the only thing however, that made him stick out. He was on a bicycle, and that is why I'm writing about him.
Like I said just as we were about to pull in she noticed him. This also happened to be the precise time that he was riding off of the road onto the the walk area at the bus stop (it's the Timpanogos Transit Center, not a regular bus stop on the side of the road). As his front wheel approached the side walk area his bike came to a forceful and quick stop. Unfortunately, his body and the bag he was carrying did not. They continued forward until is butt was no longer on his seat and his hands were no long holding the handle bars. Additionally, his feet were no longer on his pedals they happened to be somewhere between the pedals and the ground trying vigorusly to reach something solid before everything hit something solid. Eventually his chest hit up against his handle bars getting the bike up and over the small ledge that had been the cause of all this hassle and his feet did find the ground, but the half second of chaos we witnessed was so delightful that Caroline and I laughed about it for the next several minutes replaying it over and over in our minds before her bus came and took her away from me.
Caroline mentioned afterward how fortunate it was for him that as he was in his moment of dispear we were turning our car and thus our headlights just in time to spotlight him.
It's been a great morning thus far.
# posted by Ryan : 6:54 AM
