[Jonesy]

I have been fighting a severe sinus infection and finally broke down and went to the doctor. When I was sitting in the waiting room, I ran into a an old friend. She is married to another old high school friend of mine. She was in with her son and she told me that she was at the hospital the day before too. Her husband is a competitive Mt. bike racer. He was outside Sturgis riding in preparation for an upcoming 50 mile race. He was heading back to Sturgis coming down a very steep curvy paved grade. His speed was estimated between 40 and 50 miles an hour. On a bicycle! He came around a curve and hit a deer! He obviously took a hard spill. He broke his helmet up and ended up with quite a few stitches in his head. Now the crazy thing about it is the impact killed the deer. Now, what are the chances of that? I have'nt had a chance to talk to him yet. But his wife says he's doing great and laughing about the ordeal. Besides the stiches, I guess there nothing much wrong with him. But his wife says he's not going to make the race this weekend!