I usually air up my tires at home, but would have been late to pick up my friend if I had, so I threw the big pump (I keep a small one in my pack) and the gauge in the truck before I left.
electrik, I wish it was more like your explanation of Europe here, but far from it. This is Texas after all, land of of huge barb wired cattle ranches. In all honesty, I see dminor's point. I just wish the property owner (if that's who he was) had been nicer about it. It was an honest mistake, and we weren't causing any trouble. Legally, on the other hand, he could of called the cops and had us escorted off by an officer. Glad he didn't take that extreme. I don't think "Did you think it was a park" was just a question. Maybe you had to be there.
dminor, I have a huge amount of respect for you, so please don't take this the wrong way, but I hope you're not giving the people that come up your road too much of a hard time.
Anyway, I didn't mean to start anything here, just airing my thoughts.