Two for the Money

April 23, 2016

     With the good comes the bad. Long day of driving, roughly 8hrs of driving and about 1 hr for breaks (~300 miles). I am within 2 miles of a campsite and nail a huge pot hole. I slow the car down and can hear air pouring out of the rear passenger tire.

     I take out the spare and replace.  I refilled the spare with air before leaving home, and was happy to see it still retained enough air. No harm no foul lets keep driving on.

     All is well..well no. I drive 20ft or so away and notice something else. The front tire is losing air. I am within several miles to the nearest town, so thats good. On goes the hazard lights and the slow drive to a shop begins, but this is a small town. All the auto tire repair shops are closed and won't open until Monday. Literally all of them within a half hour radius.

     The front tire did go flat as well, so I'm not going anywhere. Glad I got here before it went completely flat.

     The one rim has pretty good damage to it and the other seems ok, but I cant tell for sure unless I prop the car back up. I do have time on my hands at this point.

     The town has one motel, hah feels like home. That pothole was massive and I'm hoping no damage to the suspension took place.

     Isn't this the scenario to start a new life in a town? Seems like the perfect way to do so. This town doesn't seem to have a homless person....oh, I can change that, squatters beware. Wait I just saw a scraggly dog...this is my turf now.
    
     I've never had a flat before, but two at the same time?

Update: Its 3am on Sunday here and I woke up to three Sheriffs asking me to get out of the car. Guess I wasn't hiding in plain sight. They were cool about it and left me on my way while offering some advice. I mean, the car is stuck. It's a weekend.  I'll call AAA in a couple hours and see if they know something I don't.