I just have to share this.

As some realize I have just finished my first long tour (about 436 miles) this past week.

All in all it went well.

On one brutal (25-30 mph sustained headwinds) day I was mentally and getting to be physically exhausted. At the last rest stop I sat on a metal mesh bench and when I went to get up I was stuck, I thought dang these are my favourite shorts and now they are snagged. I unhooked and discovered I had sat on some gum Everyone was feeling sorry for me until one of my riding partners let everyone know that at the last improvised rest stop I had taken the gum out of my mouth and set it on my seat

Why I did that I will never know, but it must have seemed like a good idea at the time of course I rode on it for 10 miles, shifting around so now I have a long strip of gum on the back of my best shorts that the world could see for another 3 days AND of course the story made its way around camp AND beat me back home