So some of the best memories of my life happened the summer after I graduated. Jelena and I were best friends and hung out ALL of the time. Our family kept going up to the mountain. We tried so hard to figure out what the benefit of going was. All we seemed to do was eat and then sometimes the others would go fishing. We usually took up a second car so we weren't "trapped." Well sometimes this resulted in a little chaos.
One time we decided to take a different way up to the mountain. We had heard it worked, and we wanted to try. The funny thing is we ended up on the wrong mountain. We ended up a lot closer to Vernal than we should have been. Oh boy... We were in old Thunder so long that one of my legs got sunburned from the rays coming in through the open window. (Thunder's AC was since long shot) Somehow we made it back on the right road and we got a flat tire! Jelena and I both knew how to chagne a tire but it was so rusted on that we couldn't get the nuts off. We jumped on the bar and Jelena tried dropping heavy rocks on it while I held it in place. A couple of men stop to help us. We got REALLY nervous because the men trying to help us started rigging up (and was working on) a set of tools to take off the nut in the center--THE ONE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO STAY!!! We were a little nervous this would affect the axle. Ehhhh.... finally one of the men just decides to kick the tire and it comes off. He puts the spare on and up the mountain we went.
We had a good time and then on the way down Dad decided to drive so that we wouldn't go too fast on the donut tire. Jelena and I were laughing the whole way down and thinking Dad was driving a little crazy. That's when the other front tire popped! He he! We laughed SOOOO hard. Uncle Morris brought up the full size spare from our other Sable (yes we owned 2 Sables -- Lightning and Thunder) Unfortunately it was too big! They were able to get the tire on, but it sure had problems. So we drove the rest of the way down the mountain with one tire too small and one too big. We just prayed we wouldn't get another flat!
I ended up having to pay to have my alignment fixed. Funny thing: that isn't the only time I have had both front tires flattened ;)
Okay maybe that isn't that funny to anyone else besides Jelena and I...
3 comments:
Ha! Some of the best times we had were when things when wrong! That trip was so awesome...and I had been that 'other' way a million times with Ty just never drove it...I guess that is just another example of my navigating skills! =o)
Lori- That story cracks me up! None of that would ever have happened if your dear darling family hadn't insisted that some family events take place in the mountains.
I think you like camping more than your realized. Just think of when you guys set up the tramp in the living room - that was like camping wanna-be-style.
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