ENCOUNTERS OF A Wild Kind
“I want to see Yellowstone: this has been my dream since I was a child,” I said during the bucket lists discussion with a couple of our motorcycling friends. “You don’t want to do it on a motorcycle,” said Pat, my friend and long-time motorcycle enthusiast, confidently. “Animals are on the roads, cars stop unexpectedly to see them, and the speed limit is 45 mph, so you won’t get anywhere fast.”
We all know about the dangers of wildlife and motorcycle safety from YouTube videos of deer appearing out of nowhere and jumping on unsuspected riders, stories told and retold about a friend of a friend of a friend surviving a horrific crash after cutting a deer in half, and road signs informing motorists of how many days have passed without a deer kill.
Those of us who venture outside of the urban sprawl quickly learn the safety basics regarding animals, such as avoiding riding at dawn or dusk when the risk of animals on our roads is the highest,
