RAAM 4-Person

VIC’S RAAMIFICATIONS
BERLINER: “Ich bin ein deputy.”
Flintstone, Maryland
June 27, 2009

The four rider team, Berliner, was also in that Flintstone Maryland gas station. I spoke with rider Herbert Wigginhuaser who related that the team is doing—“Good, very good. Much better than we thought. We were cycling just for the experience but now we are in sixth place. That’s pretty good.”
“We were made deputy sheriffs by the sheriff somewhere in California. They got our rider for speeding!” he said with a laugh. “He was going in the middle of the road, downhill very fast. The police says we are not allowed to that, that you must go to the right. We tell him that he doesn’t want to be passed by cars where it is narrow.” Fair enough. But there was still the matter of the rider’s speed being in excess of the limit. Seeing the humor in the situation the officer told the rider and crew that only police officers are allowed to speed. To remedy the situation the officer went to his car to retrieve “Junior Sheriff Deputy” badges. “Everybody got a Sheriff’s star, Wigginhauser said.