Watch out for sand!

It was a nice Saturday ride that took me south on route 12 to Connecticut. East on route 44 was the next turn. That brought me into Rhode Island. Then routes 100 to 98 through Burrillville. North on Douglas pike then into the Douglas Forest area brought me to a pull-off where 3 younger riders were stopped. I went down the road a bit and found there was no roads going in the direction I was heading, so after a turn-around, I stopped for a smoke were the 3 younger riders were parked. One of them, it seems, was a little too aggressive on a smaller side street and hit a patch of sand at the end of the road. He then slide his new 1000cc motorcycle across the road, instead of stopping for the stop sign. After helping them get the injured motorcycle on his girlfriends truck I bid them "good luck" and was on my way. The three of them were riding 'crotch rockets', not something made for the secondary streets. I like riding the back roads and off-roads, but a rider needs to be careful of sand showing up in the worst places. When coming to a corner, there may be some washout where sand can collect and make a nice day go bad, rather quickly.