Thursday: R. is hit by a car, Fork in the Alley, Riddle Me Roanoke

R. went for what was going to be a long bike ride, but it was cut very short when someone tried to pass him and clipped his back with their side mirror. The mirror was destroyed, as was one of R.’s bike wheels (carbon fiber, fairly new, that’s going to be $800 coming out of the guy’s insurance, and that will be the lesser of two unpleasant surprises for him). The carbon fiber frame (which is not as new) was also bent and may or may not be usable. It was … very expensive new. Oh well. R. did not hit his head, and seems to have not hurt his back, but does have substantial road rash and probably a broken rib or two. Given where he got hit on his back, I am going to be listening very carefully for indications of blood in urine, but I think he’s going to get off this one comparatively easily. What a horrifying thing, tho. 17+ for R.’s speed and over 40 for the driver in the same direction is still _really_ bad math for an impact.

He declined a ride to the hospital, but accepted a ride back to the house. We decided to have dinner at Fork in the Alley, which was awesome, altho I ate my entire pizza (no cheese) which is usually an error. The sour was good, but the manhattan was fantastic.

After that, we drove over to Riddle Me Roanoke, where we did The Malt Shoppe. It was better themed, but the puzzle was one of those free-association things, so we needed more hints. Fun, tho. For smaller groups than All In Adventures, so we definitely set this up correctly, doing it with just the four of us.