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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Forgalspop" data-source="post: 3915067" data-attributes="member: 46636">About 6 years ago I was at our place in New Mexico and good friend of mine Sam who lived in the area convinced me to go to this Hispanic/Spanish bar about 15 miles away via dirt road. I was reluctant because that particular bar is totally patronized by the local Spanish/Hispanic and some of them are not real keen on Gringos, plus I had not been to a bar for over 25 years. It’s not my cup of tea. Did enough of the bar stuff when I was young!There is in the area a couple from Hutchinson, KS that has a cabin near our place that they visit off and on throughout the year. They happened to be spending the week. So I tell Sam let’s invite Steve so there is at least 3 Gringos and we won’t be quite as out numbered. We invite Steve and he agrees to go if we take his Can-Am big ATV that has front and back seats and goes darn fast.We go to the bar and have one heck of a great time and the locals were friendly enough. We all three also get really plastered. We close the bar down at two in morning and head back via the rough, twisty, rocky and hilly back road. And Steve is driving fast! (and way into his cups)I’m in the front passenger seat with my dog Sadie between my legs and I’m holding her by the collar trying to keep her calm as she is shaking. Sam is in the back seat with his dog Blue. We come upon this sharp curve and Steve is going way too fast for the curve, so he hits the brakes and then guns it to navigate the curve. There is a netted side curtain and seat belts, but I had forgotten to put on the seat belt or close the netting of a side door. The centrifugal force took me flying out through the air and while flying, I’m thinking, “I don’t have time to tuck and roll and this is really going to hurt. Still have some hip pain from the landing.Steve does not even notice I’m gone and keeps traveling. About 500 feet down the road Sam tells Steve, “I think we lost Glenn.” Steve looks over and says, “By God I think you’re right”.They back up to where I’m lying in the road totally unconscious. I wake up with the two of them looking down at me and my dog Sadie licking my face.Once they and I figured out I was going to live, we had a good laugh about the whole deal. Every time we would get together we would still laugh about it. Sadly my friend Sam has since passed.Whenever I introduce Steve to others I introduce him as the guy that tied to kill me and we have a good laugh.What doesn’t kill you can sometimes be funny when you survive.That’s my story and I’m stick’n to it!Sorry it took so many words. Didn’t know how else to tell it.</blockquote>

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