Re: I was rolling across Texas the other day...

"Matt Osborn" wrote in message
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> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:07:04 -0500, !Jones
> wrote:

>> Anyway, bout then, I see he has a bicycle... not just *any*
bicycle,
>> but a bicycle loaded like I've never seen... it had to have had 200
>> lb on it. Then, he's got a trailer behind that with another couple
>> hundred pounds of gear. Oh well... I had an empty pickup truck so
>> off we go.
>
> It's tempting to ask why he brought the bike along if he was hitch
> hiking. I was riding my bicycle from Minneapolis to the Black Hills
> in June of '89 when I ran out of water about 30 miles east of Miller
> SD. I was facing a 20-30 mph head wind and the temp was over 100
> degrees. Stuck out my thumb and caught a ride into town.

??? I thought !Jones said the biker told him his gears went out of
order?