Could have been worse.

About two years ago, I got 3 miles from my house and flatted. It wasn't a big deal as I had my pump. It became a big deal when I realized I had no patches or tube!!! IT was one of those summed mornings where it's 80F and 80% humidity and soon as the sun shows up.

I walked 3 miles on the side of a road, in knee high grass, bordering swampland, in the heat of summer. I got shredded by mosquitos the size of small jets, bitten by a spider or two, and smashed my shins into my pedals (mtb platform) half a dozen times trying to outrun the aforementioned. It was a miserable morning.

I walked into my house covered in sweat, bug bites, and bleeding from my shins. My wife looked at me and asked "what the hell happened to you"? The worst part, I didn't have enough time to ride to work and had to drive.

That was the last time I rode without a pump and spare!!!