![]() ![]() I gratefully accepted the gift, reattached the pannier, and we headed south. Apparently with all the jarring on the way up, the internal screws that hold the Touratech pannier in place had come lose, and on the ride south from Eagle Plains, the final beating had caused the entire thing to fall off. It was about at that moment that a road maintenance guy pulled up in a pickup, hopped out, grabbed my pannier out of the back, and asked if I was missing something. It was only after going to swap lenses from the topper on my right pannier.and realizing that the entire pannier was missing, that I realized that something was amiss. We pulled into the overlook for some pictures, and after snapping a few, I noticed something odd about my throwing the hail mary.my bike conspicuously (other than to a rattled rider like me) missing something important in the background: ![]() The first leg to Ogilve Ridge overlook was dicey, with long stretches of mud and the remainder being the usual wrist-pounding potholes. The next morning, we woke to improving road conditions and headed south. Fortunately for me, the sign I recently saw on a homeless guy in Austin applied to my situation."I'm too ugly to prostitute.too old to care." I'm sure she had more suitable, and similarly screwed, young bucks to choose from, so I was left to avoid our room at all costs as hacked up every germ he'd ingested with the toe. There were moments when I thought I was going to have to prostitute myself to her just to get her to let us keep our room one more night given that the motel was sold out. We did indeed wake to ice and snow and a road closed heading north, and I did spend the day groveling with the front desk lady (I wish I could remember her name) to let us keep our room one more night. Well, having just re-read post and feeling utterly despondent, I'll throw in my 2c.and my recount of our time in Eagle Plains and getting out.
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