Bumper!

Just a fun little story...So i am on my way from Boston to North Cakalacky(Carolina) for the next NMBS. I am about an hour out of Boone, it's getting dark, it's raining, and then I hear a pretty large CRACK! At first I think I must of just ran something over...then I hear it again and I look in my rear view mirror and see my bikes lofting sideways! Nearly exploding in my pants, I quickly charge over to the shoulder and through on the hazard lights. I pop out of the van and run around to the back only to find, that the left hand side of my bumber had come completely detached from the car!

In full panic mode I rip the bikes of the bike rack shove them into the back of the van , by way of the side doors, because I can't get the back ones open due to the bumber being dislodged. I then start wrestling with the bike rack, trying to get it out of the tow hitch, but my dad has wedged the thing in there so good that there is no way in heck I am going to get it out. In the mean time there are semi's screaming by and the rain is still coming down. I then stop and think about what the heck I am going to do??? I then use my boy scout skills and find the cable I use to lock the bikes up, some bungie cords, and some twine and proceed to try and tie the bumper up as best I can. Somewhat satisfied with my tie up job I head back on the road and decide that I am just going to try and make it to the place I am staying, So i finish the drive going about 45mph and with my hazards on so if some not so smart person comes up behind me and the whole thing falls off, at least I can say "my hazards where on!"

I just can't believe I never took a picture of it...