A series of unfortunate events

5-24 ~ We woke up around noon at the Essex gas station a little disoriented and with interstate travelers glancing at us warily. We cooked our first meal with the propane stove which consisted of beans and rice. If everything had gone according to plan, we would have headed out around 7 pm to ride through the night again. Instead, a spoke broke on Seth's bike while he repaired a tube, and after calling a few bike shops, decided that it would be wisest not to ride on it as the wheel would become more untrue over time. It was determined that Dan would hitch with Seth to Las Vegas where the wheel would be fixed and the group would reunite in two days time. After five minutes on the entrance ramp, they were picked up by Harry, a retired pipe welder traveling alone with his dauchsund "Dinker." About an hour later they arrived in Kingman Arizona, a town more or less off the grid in an immense valley between soaring canyon mountains. Meanwhile, Bobby experienced a flat tire a mile away from the gas station and blew two more trying to repair it. As it was now evident that his tires required bigger tubes than the other three, and the pair, with no options left, was forced to also hitch towards 95. While Dan and Seth enjoyed showers and a bed in Arizona, Bobby and Dietrich camped at the intersection of 40 and 95, and apparently heard the rattling of snakes during the night.

1. cleaned out 2. lunch 3. eating 4. cooking 5&6. camping in Najas GAS station in Essex