Thursday, February 19, 2009

Flat tire Thursday

Thursday will now be called flat tire thursdays. Minutes after pulling
out of camp I sprung an audible leak. Then we climbed and climbed and
did a little more climbing not to mention the head wind. Our avg. Mph
was only 8 today but we did make it to Joshua tree and it is
beautiful. However let's go back to lunch. Post mcdonalds feast we are
chatting with a guy outside, I had just given my tire some more air
because it was seeming low. After maybe 15 min of talking with the guy
there is a huge bang (thought it was a gun or firecracker) and then my
bike fell over in slow mo. The tire had litterly blown up. Hopefully
the pics brian took will turn out cause the tube was destroyed. Then
as happened last night brian got a flat right before our campsite. Got
to love flat tire Thursday. Did I mention it is freezing here in
Joshua tree? Cause my toes are numb. I will leave you with the picture
of brian running down the road in his bike shoes after a trash bag
that just won't quit. It was priceless and almost made me cry. Night
and stay warm.


joe

2 comments:

  1. I'm sure you would prefer Fat Tire Thursdays. On that note, is there anyplace along the way to send care packages? I won't guarantee that the contents will be cold though.

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  2. Glad I didn't pick Thursdays!

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