I made a friend on social media, Jay Crozier. He wanted to purchase some BFP’s, Big Fucking Pipes, for an event in Oregon. I was happy about that. Turns out he lives in Washington. I’ve been wanting to do sales on the west coast and welcomed the idea. He ordered two and we talked about events around the area which lead to an event in Lolo, MT.  He sent me a pic of them smoking the BFP and I must admit I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to Oregon. I wanted to go to Lolo to meet Jay and enjoy the event. Pato Banton was the entertainer. I had admired his music back in the early 90’s. So as things worked out, I was headed to the Hemp Festival in Lolo, MT. However, I confess my willingness to go, hinged mainly on my seeing my daughters and granddaughters in Bozeman.

I worked all day, then packed the truck and was on the road before the Bronco game ended, so as to beat the football game traffic. I made it to Cheyenne, WY and refueled. I wanted to check the pressure in the tires, when I noticed that my tire was worn the fuck out. It needed changing, so I parked near a streetlight at the truckstop. I was approached by a guy with his backpack looking for a ride north. He was headed to North Dakota for the Pipeline Protest, I was so envious of him. I wanted to go, But I had other plans. By the time I got the spare out, I noticed it was flat. this can’t be! I bought these used tires last month and everything should be fine. Well it wasn’t. I told chuck, the hitchhiker, to fill the tire with air at the diesel pumps cause its free there, and I should have the front tire off by the time he returned. He came back saying it has a leak at the valve stem. It sure did! Now options start running through my mind as to what to do. The fucked up tire can still be driven on, but for how long? Need the spare fixed before the front tire pops. Another option was to change the valve stem from the bad tire to the good tire and air it up, but I would likely damage the stem trying to remove it. Then I wouldn’t be able to go anywhere unless on foot. Fuck that! There happened to be a tire service place for big rigs, so we mounted the bad tire that holds air and went there. But they couldn’t help me out, no valve stems my size. However, they mentioned that walmart had some and was still open. I asked if it was nearby, he gave me directions then I followed him to walmart, in case my tire popped.Once at walmart I thanked him and got the valve and drove to an air pump. Chuck had the dollar for air which saved us, cause all I had was a credit card. I broke the bead of the tire off the rim and replaced the stem and used a rachet strap to seal the tire so it would take air. Onced filled and remounted, we were on the road north.  https://youtu.be/jaVI5N1Js-c  I dropped Chuck Anderson off in Buffalo, WY to intersect with I-90 headed to Rapid City, SD. Then I continued my adventure with a song in my head. Beastie Boys… NO. SLEEP. TILL BOZEMAN… the Adventure continues.   https://youtu.be/lZquJHIxyVw