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James Bay, Trans Taiga ROADS...The Bum on a Bikes cranking miles...
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After 650 miles i think i got a good start to the riding summer... up to 1200 miles the weekend before did a 450 mile ride in western Colorado... beware the Bum on a Bike might just ride to your town next... at least my wonderful wife is very supporting of my crazyness
now for the things you see and hear when riding... a very angry father was chewing out his 18yr son for being a TV want-a-be lazy punk. at first i did not know what to think but just eat my burger... but the father had a point... somewhere in the crumpled mess of burger wrappers and fries containers was the last meal this father and son would have for at least 2 yrs.. the son in a bright yellow snowboarder tshirt and his big 70's throw back sunnys hiding the tears was awe struck with his mouth open the entire time. the father was tearing up a bit too.... the father was a hard working man... you could just hear it in his voice and look on his face (glanced up only twice)... i could hear how his son was throwing his life with his drugged out loser friends... and how he had to work for everything and how his son was just throwing money down the drain and calling his father "lazy"... at the end of the 'meal' the father told the son... if in two years you have a job, a place to live, and a car on you own then you can come back for dinner. they then got up and walked out... i did not see if the son got in the truck that pulled out or not i just saw a truck pull out shortly after they walked out... Makes you think about a lot of thinks when riding when you hear/see an intense moment in two others' lives in a corner of a Wendy's/ gas station eating area....
You've posted some great pictures and I hope you don't get a job for awhile because I'm enjoying these reports........., but I must say, this narrative of the Dad and the son is something I'll remember for some time. This is the true definition of "tough love". You've got some writing skills that compliment that photo eye.