Hi Everyone,

We're sorry to announce that our get together this weekend is not going to happen.  There are two reasons for this.  The iffy weather forecast and the fact that most of you don't know that Bill and I were involved in an unfortunate bicycle crash Monday on the Memorial Drive Cambridge bikeway.  Bill wanted to measure the distance of a route he walks on and also spray paint new marks at Danehy Park before the winter sets in and the old ones disappear.

The bike path was very narrow in some places and some people were very rude and wouldn't move to the right, this led to an exchange of words with two guys who wouldn't budge.  Bill said on your left, but they were walking on both sides of the path blocking the way, so he had to ride between them.   As he told me what had happened, he wasn't paying attention and skidded off the trail onto the soft grass and when he tried to get back on, lost control of the steering and crossed my path.   I coudn't stop in time and crashed into him and we both went flying, not the best thing to do when your'e in your 60's!! 

Bill got the worst of it and fell face first onto the pavement.  His helmet and visor prevented a worse outcome by providing excellent protection.  He sustained bloodied and scraped nose, cut lip, and a scraped shoulder.  Fortunately, I wasn't hurt badly and  was able to assist him with first aid and we were able to ride back to the van.  Yesterday he had terribe new pain in his ribs and got it checked out for a possible fracture, and thankfully there were no broken bones.   This morning though, he felt worse than when it happened, had a hard time moving around and was very stiff and sore.

We are very disappointed that things didn't work out this year for our cookout, we were looking forward to it.  Right now, I just want Bill to feel better and get back to his normal active self again.

Thanks for your understanding.

Take care.

Joanne