In a never ending effort to keep our streak of something breaking everytime we hit the road. We got a flat tire on our way to Crystal Isle. No big deal right? After tracking down $159 for a tire we wanted to get on the road again, but after a brief inspection we realized the tires on the opposite side were super close together. We thought maybe it was from the flat tire. So very slowly we drove 1/4 mile up the road to a car repair shop parking lot. Yep that is me thinking ahead. So we checked again and still to close so we inspected further and we found these metal pieces hanging down. Not something I could fix so we prepared to hang out for the weekend. After mailing pictures to a wonderfully nice stranger l, who was also a mechanic we got a name. The spring shaft bolt thingamadoohicker. Ok I added the last part of the name. The auto place couldnt fix it for us because there mechanic got his foot run over that weekend and was out of commission, but the orange tractor shop right next door had two brilliant men who could weld the piece back for me. A couple of hours and $200 later we were on the road. The car shop only charged me $2, but Florida state tax was $196.... slight exaggeration, but I thoroughly miss Montana, it is what it is, mentality. Adventure in grownup land was exhausting and rewarding. Now back to my relaxing reality!
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