Red, I would probably have looked like a "Red Headed ****" drink does on the pavement had of I of hit those cows. I hit the front brake at first so I got to scrub off about 20 mph, but there was no way I could have even got the bike under 100 mph before contact. Can't brake and steer at the same time at that speed so I went for the only opening I saw. I guess being a running back as a kid in football paid off! Hit the hole!
I honestly don't know how the cop missed those cows. It must have been that he was not going as fast as I was since he pasted me when coming at me, then he had to turn around and head after me.
Have I learned my lesson? Yes, I have learned that next time, I will head north and go up to the Indian Reservation where some brothers up there would hide my ***!!!! Cops can't touch you up there and my indian brothers like JD......
P.S. The cop must have thought I was a {Ghost Rider} and went right threw them puppies! Come to think of it, I did!!

 

So, my neighbor, who is a sheriff, comes up to me today and says, "Heard you were out in the desert the other day and had a run-in with some cows." I said, "Where did you hear that?" He said, "Oh, don't worry, the sheriff that wrecked the patrol car is an a.shole so we all were hoping he would have been put on admin leave." I said, "Well, there are a lot of cows in the desert so slow down when you are out there Art." I then asked, "What made you think it was me?" His answer, "Yellow helmet, Yellow Jacket, Red bike - bingo, Joe." I said, "I am going riding in my blue stuff for a while." He said, "Ditch the yellow helmet for the blue one and keep the yellow jacket if you like or ditch the yellow jacket for the blue one... well you know Joe." I then asked why he is being so nice. He said, "Special forces never f.uck each other and I know you have a lot of guns and know how to use them. I don't want to be your next target!" I guess that the Army did do something for me!!! Need to start mixing colors!!! I think I will stay in Nevada!!!! I met a cop who is actually nice!!!
P.S. I met Art while building my 500,000 pound rock fence by myself. Art asked, "What made you start this f.ucking project?" I said, "I have to keep my forearms strong so I keep up my knife cutting skills from my special forces days!" That started the friendship..... Art spent 20 years in Army Rangers! I was a Korean lanugage qualified Green Beret! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94 and yes, I have visited North Korea without Kim baby's permission - well his dad's.... Kim il Song not Kim Jong il....

 

Trout my brother, I too almost joined the Air Force, but when I went in to sign up, the A.F. recruiter was out to lunch. So, the Army recruiter grabbed me and said that he had a better plan for me. I wanted to be a door gunner on a Huey in Nam, but he thought that was not a good idea. I saw my old recruiter, old Bob Greer 20 years after that in Calistoga, CA. He was a retired Army guy working as a locksmith. I shook his hand and said, "Bob, you were right I had more fun out of the helicopter than in it." We had a sandwich together and told old Army B.S. to each other....
I like Art the Sheriff, he hates rules, hates people trying to tell him to do things, likes guns, likes loud motorcycles, likes fast motorcycles and says I would look "interesting in my pink scarf, designer stilettos and leapard skin thong." I just laugh at him and tell him if he gets more than an "interesting" thought, I will take his left eye out and eat it with srambled eggs for breakfast. That shuts him up!! We tease each other quite a bit and he has a mouth like a f.ucking sailor - bad....
I see Art packing out of the hills every once-in-a-while. He will go out for a week at a time with only what he can carry in his pack. I have been out with him a couple of times for a few days at a time. I only bring my knife without the pack, but I only stay 3 or 4 days with him. He is a radical person.

 

Trout brother, my Ithica was a 12 ga. I sold it to a guy named Joe Salas who was in the Army with me. He lived in a border town in Texas (bordered Mexico). Sounds like a great time and some memories that will keep you rocking in that old man's chair when you get there! Take care my friend.
P.S. You did use the Ithica for fishing and the pole for hunting didn't you!!! I used cherry bombs for fishing too..... It is never too late to enjoy a little fishing and hunting by yourself or with a couple of buddies.