So a couple of weeks ago I got a call on from my girlfriend while I was at work. The connection sucked, but I could make out that she had crashed on Phil's Trail and needed me and needed help. Shit! I grabbed a demo bike and threw it in my car and flew out to Phil's Trail. I called 911 on the way and pedaled up the canyon. I found her laying on the ground with a couple of guys hanging out making sure she was okay. She had gotten thrown off her line and smacked a big tree - hard. After a few hours of waiting for the search and rescue, she finally got ATVed out of there. We spent the next few days in the hospital. Seems she had 3 transverse process fractures (vertebrae) and a few non-displaced fractures in her pelvis. Ouch. Her shoulder is pretty screwed up too. Overall, she's good. She can get around and finally left the house yesterday with the help of some friends.

In the process of caring for her (lifting her around the hospital, sleeping in chairs and on couches) I subsequently threw my back out again. It had been a year or so, which is pretty good for me. Had I stretched and slept better, I probably would have been okay. Oh well, lesson learned. A week later and I am almost back to normal. Still a little tight, but should be able to exercise by the weekend.

Angela is getting a lot better. She is very bummed out, and very sore, but in the big scheme of things, she got very lucky that she didn't need surgery and didn't have any spinal damage or head injuries.

She deeply appreciates all of the love and support that all of our friends and families have shown. You are all great.

Gotta run.

-Kevin