130 or so miles from here there was a truck for sale, so here we go. It was very windy from the right today, for the 1st half of the ride, and again no snow. RedShad and I met that big Ed cat on or around Mesquite. As usual, at the first turn, big Ed turned right when we turned left so our ride together was very short. It was fun. An hour or two later we noticed the truck has previously undisclosed hail damage and I was in the reject process when RedShad noticed big Eddy whizzing by on the FM rode. Where did he come from, I mean we were several turns out in the country. Anyway we flagged him and when to the nearby town and had lunch. Eddy had 2 lunches in case he got lost again he wouldn't be hungry. Those two were going to a different town than I was so we split up. I'm heading to Cowtown and about 30 miles East of Dallas on the Interstate my Wing quit flapping. Big Eddy had helped work on it last week and I think he gave it a virus. The strong winds helped blow me onto the service road to a safe, but isolated evaluation spot. It (the wing) appeared to need more juice than it was getting. A rider stopped to see if he could help, but he couldn't. I had just the other day written a tow company's number down on my insurance card, thinking maybe some day. I called that "Ride Safe" towing [URL="http://www.ridesafetx.com"]www.ridesafetx.com[/URL]. He was at my location to the minute exactly when he said he'd be there. He has the right rig, and knowledge to do a fine job, and I got to ride in the truck. I was tired of the wind blowing me sideways, so I was really pretty happy about the breakdown, what a relief. Now I got to work on that wing again. That thing has given me a lot of trouble lately and has about worn out it's welcome in louie lineup. ...louie