I was the one with the flat. Picked up a 2 1/2" long screw, washer included, after turning on to Hwy 149 from Hwy 249. Got stuck on a bridge for 2 hours. Slime didn't work. Off brand fix a flat from the nearest gas station didn't work.
Several people stopped, including Cagiva 549 oddly enough. One guy gave me a ride to the nearest gas station to look for fix a flat, and another one gave me the best kolache I've ever had (real sausage!). In the end, a friend of mine was coming home to Cypress from Iola, and took a roundabout route to pick me up.
After arriving home, I took the wheel and my old spare tube to the shop and had it swapped out. After re-installing my rear wheel, I went out for a little local adventure riding. I hit up a couple of horse trails, a gully or two, and I went down what appears to be an access path along a ditch that leads to the confluence of 2 local creeks and said ditch. The horse trails were nice sandy single track along the Big Cypress Creek, and the other path was truck accessible, though it had evidence of MANY trucks getting stuck. These of course were large rutted mud pits I promptly rode around.
So for what started out as a misadventure turned out to be a nice experience in the end. It proved to me there are still good people out there, and was a good reminder that attitude and can-do spirit are what makes an adventure out of a disaster!
Oh, and I'm down for College Station next week. Does anyone know any good unpaved backroads headed that way from Cypress? I need to make up for missing Silver Bullet in Willis.