DAY 9 MON 4/12/10 10 MILES

SO WE SLEPT IN AND REARRANGED THE CAR AND TRAILOR SO WE CAN SET UP CAMP AND LIVE OUT OF THEM MORE EFFICENTLY.AS WE WERE DOING THIS AT ABOUT NOON ALL OF THE SUDDEN TWO ILLEAGAL BACKPACKING MEXICANS CLIMB OUT OF A DITCH RIGHT NEAR OUR CAMP SITE AND COME RITE UP TO THE CAR.THEY PASSED RIGHT BY KAREN AS SHE WAS DOING SOMETHING IN THE CAR AND CAME UP TO ME AS I WAS PACKING THE TRAILOR.THEY DID NOT SPEAK ANY ENGLISH AT ALL BUT IT WAS VERY APPARENT THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR FOOD OR WATER.I WAS RELUCTANT AT FIRST BUT I ENDED UP GIVING THEM A JUICE EACH AND TELLING THEM TO STAY LOW.JUST KIDDING SAM I DONT WANNA GET PINCHED FOR AIDING AND ABEDING:]SO I DISCONNECTED MY REAR BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO RIDE WITH THE BENT RIM.I STARTED RIDING ABOUT 5PM GOT IN 10 MILES AND THEN WENT TO A BIKE SHOP AND BOUGHT A NEW RIM.THE RIM AND LABOR WAS 99.15 ALL TOGETHER.HE RIPPED ME OFF BUT STAYED OPEN AN EXTRA HOUR FOR ME SO I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING.WENT TO A CAMP GROUND THEY TOLD US IT WAS 2799 JUST TO PARK THERE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY OR SHOWERS OR BATHROOMS SO WE PARKED IN A GAS STATION PARKING LOT FOR FREE AND A COP SAT IN PARKING LOT ALL NIGHT.SO IT WAS FREE AND MORE SAFE.