If anyone has a way to contact Siggy and blunthead and others you may think of trying to contact them. I'm sure they'd want to know about this tragic event.
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If anyone has a way to contact Siggy and blunthead and others you may think of trying to contact them. I'm sure they'd want to know about this tragic event.
...Tracy and I were thinking along much the same lines....afraid of being busted, took a quick look back to see if they were coming and............................From what I have read and the latest report, I think I may have an idea of what happened here.
It says that Nate passed the trooper going 73 in a 40 (Nate!!!!! Bad boy!! ), at which time the trooper turned and flipped his lights. I think Nate probably saw the lights flash and looked in his rear view at just the wrong moment. He rode a Honda Shadow and while great road bikes, they aren't hairpin turn machines. If the timing was just so that he took his eye off the road and brought it back a split second too late, then this could easily happen at that speed.
Tiny little decisions and split second things. You just never know.
I'm not even saying he was avoiding anything, just saw the lights and looked out of reflex. Probably didn't even have time to process it....Tracy and I were thinking along much the same lines....afraid of being busted, took a quick look back to see if they were coming and............................
Just rec'd a similar message from Siggy.This is from Siggy: "Nate Watkins was a good friend to me. There may come a time when I will think of him and not cry, but until then I'll cry. (((family, fiancée, friends, Tet, the world)))"
Did Nate have any kids?
Thank you so much ,Flake for updating us. It is greatly appreciated. Please take care of you.Nate didn't have any kids of his own, but did have young children in his life (including two young brothers that he lived with)... he is terribly missed by them.
His family, girlfriend and friends do very much appreciate the thoughts of his MB friends and will be happy to receive correspondence once things settle down a little bit. I have an address that I can give out via PM and his dad is going to pass on the memorial celebration information when he has it.
...Flake honey, you need to understand how much your behind the scenes efforts, as somber, painful and difficult as they are-have been appreciated...it's doubly difficult being an Emissary of sadness....much love to you...Nate didn't have any kids of his own, but did have young children in his life (including two young brothers that he lived with)... he is terribly missed by them.
His family, girlfriend and friends do very much appreciate the thoughts of his MB friends and will be happy to receive correspondence once things settle down a little bit. I have an address that I can give out via PM and his dad is going to pass on the memorial celebration information when he has it.