Sprints with Eddie

We had a record dog chase yesterday.
I figger he musta run bout a mile.
Lucky fer us he got a late start.
After his two compadres started the fireworks, he belatedly came a lopin' out after us.
But he kept comin'
And comin'
Even after the road made a 90 degree right turn
He kept comin'
So we put on a little "burst of speed" to try to discourage him (and you know, with loaded touring bikes, I mean that we went from 12 mph to 16 mph)
It seemed to do the trick
But we stopped a short while later, "lost" in rural Illinois. We were trying to figure out a way across the river blocking our progress Northward.
And I did keep checking behind us, just to make sure that "Eddie" hadn't resumed his chase...