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Could be the last post of this year!

Up way early on Friday intending to drive all the way home in one day - and we were doing very well until desister struck!!
Our car blew a tire, not just a little flat tire - no no no - a big, you can't even see a hole, blow out!!  Gene was able to safely pull the car over to the side of the road and we got out and inspected the damage. 

I must tell you what happened before we took this trip:  Our trusty old vehicle acquired a dent in one of the fenders, everyone noticed it and mentioned it, however, it wasn't bad enough to take it in and pat the insurance deductible and have it fixed.  So my HH decided to fix it himself.  In the process of taking the tire off so he could pound out the dent he discovered the the lug wrench that came with the car did not fit the lugs on the wheels so if we had a flat, we would be in deep and serious.  Therefore he acquired the correct lug wrench - so when this tire blue we had the equipment to change the tire. 

Did I mention that our Cell Phone battery was dead - and that our DC charger was defective and would not charge.  You get the picture a flat tire and no phone.

To continue, Gene changed the tire - we have a little doughnut spare tire - instructions say don't drive over 50 mph and don't go more than 50 miles.  We put the "fake" tire on and checked GERT our GPS to see where the nearest town was. (we were in the wilds of Wyoming) the closest town was only 3-4 miles - easy.  We drove into Gelnco and found that town so small there was no way we could buy a tire - the next closest was Wheatland - about 30 miles.  Our "fake" tire didn't have enough air, so Gene ask if they had air, They did, however they didn't know if it worked or not - it DID NOT!!  Fortunately my sweet husband had put his compressor that blows up bike tires in the car - in 20 to 30 minutes, we had air in the "fake" tire.  Also I noticed in the convince store "Howards" that they had an assortment of phone charges, found one that would fit our phone and paid a whooping $12.00 for it - so now we have a small tire with air and a phone charger so so would have a phone.

We drove the 30 miles to  Wheatland feeling confident we could buy a "real" tire there and get home safely.  Wheatland had 3-4 tire shops, however, only one tire that would fit our car and it is a snow tire.  OK, OK, we bought it - We had lost a couple of hours so found a hotel in Rowland and settled down until the next day.  Made it home safely on Saturday!!

So does any one need an 18" Snow Tire?  Or it will set in our garage until you know what freezes over. 

I also must let you know how grateful we are for the love and protection of our Heavenly Father - we pulled over safely - we had the tools to change the tire, and later the tools to put enough air in the "fake" tire and we had the funds to buy a tire to get us home.  I know that Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ knows us and are mindful of us!!  We must have more to do in this life, I'm not quite sure what but we are home safe and sound with more opportunities ahead!!

I hope all of you enjoy Conference this weekend, I've cleared my calender so I can hunker down and listen to the the Prophets!!!