The Hitch Hiker

Kadizzle was coming back from Cottonwood. He was there to take his sister to the doctor. On the way home he noticed a tall guy with a backpack trying to get a ride. Since Kadizzle has been saved many times hitch hiking by kindness he stopped and offered the guy a ride. The tall man threw his backpack in the back of the Trump. When he got in he apologized for smelling bad. He was a little ripe and we cracked the window for some air. He happened to be going to Payson, where Kadizzle was headed. He was extremely delighted. As we headed toward Payson somehow he mentioned two cheeseburgers for six dollars. Kadizzle stopped at McDonalds and got us each a cheeseburger. As we headed up the mountain it became more and more apparent the man was a mental case. He explained how he made a living carving birds from wood and said his goal was to get some alligator juniper. His plan was to sleep behind the Wallmart.  Kadizzle had a hard time hearing him, but the man went into religious nonsense. One shocking thing he said was how he would find food in the Payson dumpsters.  Apparently Payson has a good dumpster menu.  He said so many strange things it is hard to list them all. One story was about how he got caught 2 years in the future. It wasn't good.  Kadizzle began to look forward to letting him out.