It was the Wife's Windstare, the car we "Have" to keep running. Jimi
Be thankful your tire didn't blow and roll the pickup. Jerry At 05:41 PM 8/16/03 -0600, you wrote: >Do I have a very large black cloud hanging over me ????? > >We didn't get out headed to the "Cimaron" till about 10 yesterday. Stopped >in Roswell and did the shopping for the campout, got gas, ($1.63 a gal), and >headed north. Just about 10 miles south of Vaughn the right front tire >started to throw rubber. Desolate road and after 3 hours a person finely >stopped, ( spare tire was real low, 15 lbs. on the tire gauge). He let us >use his cell phone to call my friend Dave in Roswell. 6:30 and Dave arrives >with some fix a flat and a portable compressor. We decide to head back to >Roswell and eat by this time it is almost 9. It's either a hotel or back to >the house, we decide home. Theresa goes to get the tire fixed this morning, >none in stock so she has to wait for one to come from another store, 5 hours >and $75.00 we didn't have and we are back on the road home. By this time it >is way to late to even think about going on a 6 hour drive to get to the >camping spot, plus the tire took what we had for the trip. > >Tired, sore and incredibly frustrated, maybe we can get a chance before the >snow sets in, looks like a "Fishless" summer for us this year. Maybe next >year will be better..... > >Dreaming of tight lines........and some sort of Vacation trip >Jimi
