About an hour into our trip Monday morning, B & A totally zonked.
Not Emmett though, he's munching on a rice cake and keeping us on our toes. Notice how tired he looks?
Stopping for Diesel, potty break, and to feed the friendly alpacas.
To my dismay and uncomfort the bathroom was out of order!
Emmett wasn't so sure of the hungry animal at first.
No problem there is a town about 30 miles up that I can go to the bathroom. Oh wait, never mind it will be a while we suddenly are stuck on the freeway and have a major problem.
So yes, I did pee on the side of the freeway. It was very secretive but it did happen and it was really the only option.
Jeff is super handy though. I was impressed by his tire changing skills that he whipped out to get us from
A to B. We never found what we hit but something took that tire out big time.
The kids were happy in the truck waiting out the delay with potato chips and a movie.
They were also completely entertained by a fly that flew in the window and stuck around the whole wait. They ended up naming the fly, and playing with it as best as they could. Kids are so funny like that.
Once the spare was secure we were back on our way to Burley, ID which wasn't too far and there was a Les Schwab there to where we purchased new tires.
It all worked out fine and the whole situation caused me to count my blessings. We saw an accident on our trip, which looked serious, so our little flat tire seemed really minimal in comparison.
Our kids were great troopers and we were able to make it home by 1:00am Tuesday morning which allowed Jeff to still do the job he had scheduled for that day.
Cheers to road trips!
2 comments:
oh my goodness!! What an adventure. What is it with Burley, ID being the place to break down?! We broke down on our way home 1.5 hrs from it and we ended up riding in the suburban on top of the tow truck :)
We always stop and feed the alapacs too anytime we go that direction. Bummer about the flat tire, glad you got it fixed with out any problems.
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