Sunday, January 8, 2012

Whatagreasystop and Break down number 2

My brother Bailey graciously offered to come with us from Mississippi to Colorado to share the driving.  Our goal for day one was to get as far as possible so that day two would not be as bad,  that meant getting all the way to Amarillo.  Its more than half way and seemed like an obtainable goal.  After a long lunch stop at Chili's Bailey was not having anything but fast food for dinner.  Hence the Whataburger.  Viola was able to indulge in chicken fingers (a rarity for her) as the rest of us sipped caffeinated beverages hoping for that extra edge to get on down the road. 























Alas Amarillo was not reached that night.  Breakdown number two found us in the lovely town of Clarendon, Texas with not one but two flat tires on the car carrier at 11ish pm.  Penske did send over a nice man with two new tires in about 20 minutes but the problem was bigger than that and it was back to the mechanic for the Penske.  The bearings had gone out on the front right tire of the carrier leaving the entire load to the rear tire.  We were put up in a lovely Best Western and back on the road full of free hotel breakfast with repaired and replaced tires/wheels the next day around 11am.  Second best break-down ever.  We could have been stranded in the middle of freezing cold middle of nowhere north-west Texas.