how will he get home, and will he ever get there in the first place?

so i call and call and call various transportation services, in an attempt to make my way home from ketchum. i am quickly reminded of how absolutely terrible the public transportation is in the US. thus far, the train seems completely absurd. they will not let you bring your bike on the train, unless you put it in a rather small box, and there is no train station in ketchum or anywhere closer than 300 miles. i could of course ride a bus 600 miles up to portland, and then take a train down from there, but that seems rather stupid. the train that the woman recommended leaves from elko, nevada, which is quite far away as well, and it departs at 3:40 am. huh? at this point, i have yet to find a car company that will allow me to rent a car in sun valley, and return it in berkeley. most of these cars must be returned in the state that they were rented, so essentially i would be renting three cars in three different states and riding my bike from all of the various drop points. i find this to be quite humorous. i will certainly figure something out, but this is nonsense. oh yes, and i believe i've called every bike shop in the greater bay area to discover that none of them have the rack i need. hmmmmmm.

shower. fix bad {self-given} haircut. go to bike shop. go to rei. go to ron's. record. record. record.

Posted by jeff at June 30, 2003 10:03 AM

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