Chain Gang

While driving between work sites today, along a narrow, winding, mountain road, I came upon two prisoners engaged in picking up trash by the side of the road. A fairly common sight. About 100 yards down the road I came upon a hitch hiker going the other way. Now that was strange, since in the past decade, I've never seen a hitch hiker on that road. That coupled with the fact that there were no jail officials on the road, also strange, and you have to wonder. It's probably completely innocent. It just seemed a might coincidental.