The end of our Trip and a Trip story.

Okay, the other day I was talking to a friend and realized that I hadn't shared our flat tire adventure with you all. As we begin our second day of driving, leaving Denver, CO (we had been on the road maybe about an hour or so.) We came to some road construction, and needed to merge over and went over those bumps in the road. (you know those things in the road that try to keep you awake.) I went over some and realized that noise wasn't going away. Then the low tire light came on and I realized that we had a flat tire. So has I am driving in this construction zone, I realize that I can't pull off anywhere as there are concrete walls on both sides. After a few minutes I finally see a place to pull off. Now I was really excited as I was prepared for this trip I had triple A and a GPS for this trip. Triple A was for the emergencies and the GPS was for helping with directions as many of you know that is not my forte. So when I called Triple A to come and change my tire, they want to know where I am. This was a problem as I was just driving till the GPS told me to turn or do something. So I wasn't really paying attention to where I was and was just watching for the next place to turn which was like 50 miles ahead. I had to give them a guesstimate of where I was and what was around me and they told me it would be anywhere from a 1/2 hour to an hour before they could get to me. Thank heavens for the nice highway patrolman that stopped and helped us. Then he told me that I needed to go and get my tire fixed so he started to give me instructions and then basically he ended up just showing me where the place was. I really liked that Colorado Highway patrolman, he was very friendly and helpful. Then after unloading the car the 2nd time the guy at the tire place tells me he doesn't have the tire size I need and that all my tires are bald and need to be replaced but that I will have to go somewhere else to get them as they didn't have the right size tires. Then I am not happy and shocked that my wonderful husband would let me and his four daughters drive on a road trip to Idaho/Utah on bald tires. So I call Mike to talk to him because now I am supposed to go and get all my tires change and unload my car for the third time that day. He tells me that I am okay and to keep going to Utah and I can get the tires fixed there. So the girls and I say a prayer that we can get to Utah safely and without any more incidents. We do arrive to Utah safely and no other flat tires. So the next day we drive to COSTCO and get new tires and new books to read as we wait for the tires to get done.

Here are our last pictures of our trip. This was on our way back home staying in Provo with Julie and Jeff. It was so good to see everyone. One thing that Tiffani really wanted was a lime freeze from Ripples. So we went and got lunch from Ripples and ate in Chris and Allie's backyard while Alan was cleaning up the paint stuff. It was a really nice day hanging out with family. Believe it or not Tiffani was starting to feel back to normal. We were glad that she was being her happy self.