UPDATE:
I just made a dr's appt because my lungs HURT (bad) and every once in awhile I cough up brown stuff w/ flecks of red. I just want to make sure I'm ok.
The bike is fine. She's my german tank mtn bike. It's a low end Specialized, so no real loss if something were to happen. Now if it were Valentina my tri ride- yeah I would have been on top of her. But I'm lucky!! If I had been on her I would have been toast!!
I dropped the mtn bike and sat down in the dirt next to it and curled up (the only thing I could think to do) and when a huge gust of wind hit it actually moved my bike a bit. I haven't really looked at it. I'll have to check her out when I get home, but I'm sure she's caked in dust. Tho her drivetrain was already pretty dusty. I know I was caked head to toe! My shoes are a mess! I did ride her home except I had to walk through a wash because I couldn't really see at that point, and I didn't want to try to manuver through a deep sandy wash.
Since I wasn't really planning on going far I didn't have my cell or even a water bottle w/ me. Actually my mtn rig has no cages. But I couldn't even wash out my eyes. They were stinging pretty badly. I was squinting to get home. I really don't know HOW I got home??!! I think it was pure adrenilin!! I was afraid that a thunderstorm was behind it.
Anyhoo, I learned my lesson!! ALWAYS take a cell, and some water!!!!