Man, a thread where the OP is upset about all of 2 flats over a good stretch of riding. I recall some threads during the goat's head thorn season out west where they were stopping counting how many they had gotten. I sense a real karma episode coming on here, and it could well be me that gets stung, too.

One thing you might want to add to the two tubes you are carrying is a simple patch kit, just in case, and a paper currency bill, your choice of the denomination, of course, to use as a boot in case you have a carcass cut in a tire and want to boot it. Or, even one of the Park Tool tire boots in your pocket or bag. A dollar bill has gotten me through a ride and safely back home a few times.

Hopefully this is the last for a while for you, enjoy the miles, a flat or two is a small price to pay for what we gain from riding, to me.

Bill