WHEN WE WOKE UP WE TOOK SHOWERS AT THE CASINO/TRUCK STOP FOR 5$ A PIECE.THAT WAS REFRESHING.I RESTED ALOT THAT MORNING.I REALLY DID NOT WANT TO GET GOING FOR SOME REASON.BUT THEN I FINALLY SET OFF.I STARTED AT 1:25PM AND DID 35 MILES BY 3:20PM.TOOK LUNCH AND RESTED WITH KAREN.STARTED RIDING AGAIN AT 4:11PM AND GOT IN ANOTHER 40 MILES BY 6:30PM TOTALING 75 MILES FOR THE DAY.I RODE FROM MESCALERO APACHE RESERVATION IN NM TO ROSWELL,NM.THERE WERE ALOT OF HEAD WINDS.THE TERRAIN WAS ALOT OF ROLLING HLLLS.UP AND DOWN UP AND DOWN.IN THE MIDDLE OF MY DAY WHILE I WAS STILL ON THE RESERVATION AS I WAS RIDING DOWN ROUTE 70 SOMEONES PET DOG[AN AKITA]CAME RUNNING THROUGH HIS YARD AT ME LIKE ALOT OF DOGS DO.BUT THEN HE CONTINUED TO RUN AFTER ME DOWN ROUTE 70 FAST AND LOOKING LIKE HE WANTED A HUNK OF ME.SO I GAVE HIM THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT AND YELLED AT HIM HOPING HE WOULD STOP LIKE ALOT OF OTHER DOGS HAD.BUT HE KEPT COMING SO I GRABBED MY MACE[WHICH IS CONVENIENTLY PLACED ON MY FRAME IN AN EASILY REACHABLE SPOT]AND WARNED HIM AGAIN.HE KEPT COMING SO I PROCEEDED TO SPRAY HIS FACE WITH MACE FROM ABOUT 10 FEET.HE RAN AND BARKD FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 MORE STEPS THEN STOPPED AND STARTED PAWING HIS NOSE,SNORTING AND FREAKING OUT.AFTERWARD I WAS MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE DOGS OWNER COMING TO BUST MY BALLS.ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE MACE IS ORANGE AND THE DOG WAS ALL WHITE.AT LEAST NOW I KNOWTHE MACE WORKS.
Yikes!! Oh no, say it ain't so Joe! Wow, who knew this trip was going to be a test of wills between man and dog... Well, what with the mace on hand, we know who'll win at the end. If the owner has the cajones to come after you, nothing a little mace can't resolve. Orange revolution II.
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