Thursday, October 29, 2015

Not the start we were hoping for...

Around 6:30am local time, driving north on interstate 29 in Iowa, Dan realized that there was a problem with the trailer. After pulling onto the shoulder and inspecting it, we realized that we had a totally blown tire as well as a totally blown wheel bearing. 
While we do have plenty of tools, we don't have the parts or the know-how to tackle this job so we are limping the trailer down the side of the road to a local repair shop who tells us they can fix it. Let's hope they are right.
When I was talking to the repair shop on the phone and they asked where we were at, I told them "alongside the interstate next to a cornfield". They didn't seem to think that was nearly as funny as we thought it would be...

3 comments:

  1. The best part of this picture is the discussion that Bill and I had last week about our famous picture takers videoing changing a tire! Hope the garage can get you back on the road quickly. I did think the directions were hilarious!
    Love you all!

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  2. Much better than engine trouble though isn't it. Good luck the rest of them way. P.S. Your mechanic needs a sense of humor. It was funny.

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