Thursday, August 16, 2007

Flat Tire

We finally left Crooked River yesterday. On our 100-mile drive to Dufur, OR (yeah, we like short days) we got a flat tire. Believe it or not, but after four years on the road this was our first flat on the RV. But to every cloud there's a silver lining, right? Well, here were our good fortunes:
* it was not a blow-out
* we had just pulled into Maupin to check out the town and get lunch when we noticed it on a quick walk-around
* we happened to have parked 2 blocks from an auto-shop. Noticing a school bus in his small parking lot, we knew he was capable of handling big rigs.
* we explained to him that we were just passing through, so Bill took us right away.
* Bill checked the tire and said it was still in good shape, it hadn't been flat for long so we didn't ruin it.
* small-town folk are as good as their word. He had it ready for us within 1 1/2 hours.
It ended up being a bad valve stem. So, they replaced it, filled up the tire, and off we went. If we have to have a flat...this was the way to go.

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