It was bound to happen!

So we left Boulder City today - I just checked the current temperature there and it is 105.  We finally arrived in Amargosa Valley, NV an hour or so ago where it is around 100 degrees.  Why am I always bitching about weather?  I HATE THE HEAT ... I want to see some green instead of brown!

Anyway, about 25 miles into our journey people started passing us beeping and beeping - eventually it dawned on us that all these people couldn't possibly be just friendly people waving hello!  A car pulls up next to my side and the man tells me we just blew a tire (well Rick of course had a comment or two about that statement but that's a story for a different time).  So we call highway patrol to let them know we are broken down on a major highway with cars passing us at 70 mph.  Then Rick calls the road service people and gets put on hold, hold and more hold.  In the meantime - while he is still holding!  (read 15 minutes) NV DOT pulls up behind us............

So we get the spare tire out of the trailer (along with the car so we have access to the tire) - aren't we so smart to have a spare trailer tire!!!  Rick can be such a planner - must be the Boy Scout always be prepared training!

The air in the spare is checked.......

So about 30 minutes after the whole event started........... this is how it ended!

THANK YOU EDWIN MEDEANO - You sure saved our day.  I don't know how you do your job in this heat, with cars and trucks go flying by you and you can't even take a token of our appreciation other than a cold soda and a bottle of water!!  You were our angel today.