After barely two hours on the road, we had our first blowout
(note…I said first) just outside of Palm Springs on Route 66. Believe me when I
say that fixing a blow out in 105 degree weather with one teenager, two anxious
boxers, and three overheating chinchillas is not the way you’d like to get your
“kicks” on this interstate highway.
While jacking up the trailer to change the tire, our jack
broke making the task more difficult. To my husband’s credit, he laughed in the
face of adversity. Okay, so he was cussing, not laughing, but after forty
minutes we were just like Willie Nelson and On
the Road Again.
PHOTO TO FOLLOW
At the time, we didn’t realize the tire tread from the
blowout caused major damage to the right-side
wheel well and undercarriage, leaving a three foot square groundlight (opposite
of skylight) hole in the floor of our travel trailer. This pleasant discovery
came later that evening.
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