TOUR DE TORTUGA

I see/hear from news sources, they are trying to blame Lance Armstrong again with "doping" ... using drugs to win the Tour de France all those many times.

Give him a break. The guy had brain cancer. He took a lot of drugs !!

I ride my bike "drug free". Well, other than the prescriptions I take to keep my heart working & free of any new clotting. No steroids.

I rode my bike yesterday afternoon. I had a bucket full of the small turtles I have been collecting off the roads locally. I rode down to the creek which is East of here & let them go in a shallow part of the water. The location was good & the timing was right to get them started on their life in the wild.

Returning home, one of my neighbors -- Dennis Whitlock -- rode up beside me in his truck & confirmed my speed at 15 MPH. Take that Lance.

And like Lance, I crashed. Well, not then, but further up the road. The result of two dogs running after me, barking & looking to bite. I tried to avoid them & to keep control of my bike, while at the same time, attempted to throw the empty bucket at the lead dog. Didn't work.

I lost control of the bike; tried to slow down & stop, all in the same motion. I got one foot on the ground & actually fell backwards, still trying to get my balance. I ended up flat on my back on the side of the road ... busted mirror on the bike, skinned up knee & a sore left hip, which is turning a bit blue today. Go ahead -- drug test me !!

Of course, I never got bit. Stupid dogs !! CAT'S RULE ... DOG'S DROOL.

I fixed the the broken mirror on my bike. I'll heal up too. Now, I wonder if Lance Armstrong will do as well.