NinjaDoc Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) This was probably my last ride for this season. Didnt have any plans and just called Jerry last sunday. He was free and off we went to PA with no specific plans other than to see the kinzua sky walk. We left just kept taking roads including unamed county roads which looked like it was heading east. Roads over in PA are not SEO twisty but scenery is different, speed limit is 45 mostly and this is a good ground to just keep roaming and have a relaxed cruising ride. We took short breaks, lunch break, and photo stops. We seldom do these and this was a nice change of pace an ride was fun. But ended up in sky walk pretty late around 5 i think. This meant any sensible peron should try to head back as early as possible to ride in sunlight mostly. But we decided to take the long way home. And ended up in devils highway (666) after sunset and boy that was a tense but fun ride. All along we had fun riding in picth darkness as this was a tree covered route all along. But riding after sunset the worst thing that can happen is deer. But we were optimistic and kept going until jerry hit a freaking DEER. Wish i had my go pro on at that time. Anyways, Thank god we saw the freaking huge deer standing close to the road. Both of us slowed down immediately and the ABS kicked in. Still the stupid deer ran straight into the middle of the road, saw jerrys bike and tried to turn around. he slipped and hit jerry side to side. Jerry had his wits about him and sort of leaned right into him side by side and was able to maintain balance. Deer ran opposite way, bike stayed upright and we carried on. Next place with light we get off, jerry feels prety good, check the bike no damage at all. Overall a very very lucky encounter. Anyways here are some pics and small little crappy video. Edited October 16, 2015 by NinjaDoc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocket226 Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Nice!I've been to Russell City Store quite a few times to get permits to ride Allegheny National Forest.Camped there one year.Good time of the year to make the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTheAzn Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Looked like a nice "day" trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Good stuff Nivin, and great choice in bikes to do it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschaf Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Deer are way more crazy & active during mating season (rut). I've had several close calls around this time of year therefore my season is over. Glad you got off easy Jerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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