Thursday, February 28, 2008

To North Carolina....blowout!

Dave accepted a contract position in San Antonio and will begin work on March 10th. We left the rig in a GREAT RV park there and we will stay with him while he works, returning to Florida every couple of months for a month.
So with all these logistics taken care of, we left "San Antone" to head to our cabin in North Carolina to check on things since it may be awhile before we can get back. Last night we had a blowout on the interstate. Dave "control crashed" the truck into the inside median. The blowout was on the left front tire. How scary! What is even more mysterious is we had a blowout on the same tire one year ago. We need to figure out why we are repeatedly blowing tires on the same wheel. If anyone has any ideas please leave a comment. We will put pics up in the next day or so.

We waited for almost 3 hours, in the dark, in the interstate, in freezing temps, for the tow. The tow towed us to the next exit and put on our spare. We couldn't change the tire ourselves because we were stuck in mud from our "landing" :-).
So we are having tires replaced and catching up on schoolwork and the blog in a hotel and feeling pretty blessed!

3 comments:

An 8th generation Floridian said...

Hi Paula, my husband asks, is the alignment good? How is the ball joint? Mark is a Snap-On Tool man and he says if it is not just a fluke, your problem may lie in your front end.
Best Wishes,
Marty

Paula said...

Thanks, Marty! I will pass on to hubby!

Rosanna McGinnis said...

I am moving to San Antonio in a few months and am looking for a great rv park. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks so much. :)