Neigh? Naaaay! /o\

[halfshellvenus]

File this under "unbelievable," except it actually happened...

HalfshellHusband was hit by a horse while bicycling on Saturday

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[xo_kizzy_xo]

How scary for both of you! I'm so happy he's relatively OK ❤️

[halfshellvenus]

Me too! He's broken a lot of bones over the years, and we're almost at the 1-year point since the last one.

The horrible period where he had 3 major recuperations in 2 years...

I think of how much worse that could have been beyond broken bones, and feel even luckier. But how UNlucky that it happened to him at all!

[passing_through]

That's terrifying! Horses scare me because they are so big and strong. I'm sorry he got road-rash. It's amazing he didn't have any broken bones. Horses are big!

[halfshellvenus]

They make me nervous, too-- they're huge and unpredictable!

Really, a horse weighs about half of what a car does. That's a BIG wallop to have hit you. :O

[bleodswean]

Poor G! That was a close one. Glad it was relatively minor. I had no idea they allowed horses on the bike trail over there. I used to ride that every morning to CSUS. A three mile ride but some mornings it seemed like 30! lol

[halfshellvenus]

He was so UNlucky that it happened, but given that it did, so lucky that he didn't break any bones-- or worse. :O

Horses are not actually allowed ON the bike trail. There are a ton of dirt trails for them, many parallel to the pavement. That's where they're supposed to be.

But it's kind of like trying to get people to honor the rules like, 'Joggers and strollers use left shoulder." Everyone thinks it's all-purpose pavement, so you have people walking with their baby strollers into oncoming bike traffic (!!) or walking five-abreast across the width of the pavement...