Eventful morning ride

pete and i did a recovery ride around paradise this morning... recovery has a double-entendre since i was nursing a mild hangover (let's blame stacey!)

the first incident was a heart-stopping narrow-miss collision with 250lbs of venison while descending camino alto. a true case of *deer in nite-rider headlamp* but thankfully i missed the animal by about two feet... which was still way too close for comfort

the second incident occurred as we pulled onto the sidewalk to get a coffee at the café in tiburon (yes, after 25 miles of riding, i was still nursing the hangover!). the sight of jordan, dressed in the areté blue, white and silver and pete in *blue and white imitation areté gear* astride our bikes startled a small border collie (think lassie but half the size) which was tied to one of the café chairs. the poor pooch jumped up from its resting place and started hauling ass along main street, with the café chair in tow. i ran into the café to alert the dog's owner that the pooch had fled in terror, taking the café chair with it. thankfully the frightened collie came to a halt about 100 yards down the street, probably from the exhaustion of dragging a 20lb chair behind it but not before the café proprietor had came out to see *who* had stolen one of the outdoor chairs... i think it was more excitement than tiburon could handle before 8am and i suspect that it might get written up for the local police report... *border collie caught red-handed stealing café furniture*

jc