ock. Soon after getting back on the freeway, our front driver's side tire blew out. Whoah! I'd never had that happen before. We called AAA (Christmas gift from my parents) and they could get somebody to us within the hour, but Shawn decided it would be faster if he just changed it. It took a bit to figure out how to get the spare tire down from under the car, but I think that was the trickiest part. Shawn got to insult the intelligence of the myriad drivers who did not switch lanes or slow down a little since he was inches away from the oncoming traffic. Fortunately, it happened just a ways outside the next town, so we swung in to the Les Schwab and got 2 new tires. However, they didn't have anyone there to balance them (which is what ultimatley caused the blowout in the first place - unbalanced tire wear), so we had to get that done the next day in Boise. Even though it was a bummer and it set us back, I was grateful that:
- it happened when Shawn was there to change it
- it happened when the girls were the age they are and had no problem just waiting in the car
-it happened that close to a Les Schwab
-we now have balanced tires
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