I hope you weren't in that ditch very long before someone found you. You were lucky this time, luckier than the last time when it turned over in the yard. The roots on top of your ground in the yard are a hazard for that scooter and your bones and head. Did the roots cause you to end up in the ditch this time? If you take blood thinners you need to have Celox (get it on Amazon), to stop the bleeding right then. Get the liquid, not the patches as patches take longer to stop the bleeding and they eventually dry out. Now, you get that if you don't have it. As your personal EMT, I demand you get it. :o)
What are we going to do about the scooter turning over? No wonder your wife is upset - so am I because there is no one with you during the day. If you recall, when I was there, you warned me about the roots on top of the ground, to watch my footing.
Thank goodness, you didn't end up at the emergency room this time.
I have run over the roots so many times now that I have cleared out a trail going uphill in the back yard by breaking the roots running over them. I stay clear of the rest of the root area.
In was in the street going around to the front of the property. At the corner, it is downhill and the roadway is banked like a racetrack. I usually take a higher path where it is flatter, but not quite this time. Once it sucks you in there in no turning or you crash for sure on the pavement, I didn’t want that. I kind of went with it so I could choose my path off the pavement hoping I could keep it upright when I hit the ditch. Almost. I got past the concrete part that goes under the street and it turned over just barely past the concrete. The tough part of crashing it is being tangled up in it, trying to get my feet free. I had on flops, so my feet did not much like all the metal and fiberglass trapping them. I was in the part of the ditch that the county keeps dug out for water drainage, so I had limited movement, like being in a hole. My wife saw me crash and was right there immediately. She got my feet free of the scooter, which was the only thing that was hurting. In a few minutes, a neighbor came up and got out and called her hubby to come help me from two houses away and with his help I got back on my feet and on the scooter again. I do keep my phone in my pocket at all times, so if I get myself in a jam when I’m home alone, I can call for help.
Here at 3:30am I am sore all over and stiff, My wife is sore also from helping pull me up out of the ditch. Gracie sensed something was wrong out front and broke her collar and got free of the dog run in the back yard and came out to see what was up. I was also glad not to wind up in the hospital this time.
A golf cart would be better for getting around on the property, but my wife wanted me to get this thing instead. Whenever I can get a golf cart, I am going to. They are a lot more stable on the hillside and can be used as a utility vehicle carrying stuff around where my truck wont’ fit. The hill in front of the house is so steep my truck will no go up it, and I’m NOT getting a 4wheeler.
I’m gunna try to get some more sleep. I have things I want to do today, rather than napping to catch up.