We camped last night with our trusty Canadian friend Don. And then a big guy named Ed showed up, saying he was on Navy disability after 13 years (he broke his neck on an op, he said). Long story short, Ed said he gets $400/month; and he has $6 to make it till April 3rd. Am I a sucker? Sure, I'm a sucker. But he doesn't eat Clif bars or rice, so I gave him our 2 remaining bagels and the last $5 in my wallet (the Hiker/Biker campsite is $6/night, so he's gonna need to find another dollar).
Then, pretty much as soon as we leave Ed at the campsite, we end up biking with a couple about our age doing a 20 mi ride on "city" bikes. They have a 2nd home in Newport Beach, they say. And when we said we were from Madison he said "We were just in Madison. We flew in for the football game. I'm a big college football fan." Then they turned off to find a nice coffee shop.
There certainly are 2 America's, and we're riding a fine line between the two.
Did you read Patchwork Nation?
ReplyDeleteHaven't, yet!
ReplyDeleteTook a quick look at it, here on my phone.
Will have to get it/read it, read more from them when we get back to WI.
Thanks!