Raising Awareness

There is a little known danger lurking in rural county roads in Oregon. This became especially clear this weekend when Greg went on a early morning bike ride with Brady and Rob. As they were riding along the rural roads in the pouring rain, Brady ran right into a nutria which popped his tire and put a two inch tear in the sidewall. Although, Brady didn't crash, Rob slammed into it seconds later and was sent sprawling on the wet pavement which resulted in a sore backside and required a band-aid fix. (Tannya was happy to oblige with the band-aids she had on hand...Barbie ones.) Lucky for Greg, he had "wimped out" and had slowed considerably right before said incident. (Greg asked me to add that it was at the end of a 30 mile ride.)

The disturbing thing is that the nutria walked off in better shape than most of their biking group.

My hope is that my posting this will make more people aware of the hazard known as "NUTRIA". In an effort to raise awareness on this issue, I have photoshopped this nutria crossing sign, since there are none posted on the internet. I suggest printing and posting it on every telephone pole on rural Oregon roads.