At my cave with the clouds getting darker and the wind blowing. I am happy the wind had picked up to remove some of the leaves from the trees so the critters can be spotted easier
Yesterday's trip to a location we do not visit often turned into a nightmare with no wildlife and a flat tire. The problem was: we had no knowledge of this vehicles accessories or where they were located. I have always been one that could handle this type of inconvenience. However, I did not have bad knees and many heart problems then. Another problem is that vehicles use to have tools you could work with as part of the vehicle's accessories that was part of the vehicle package." NO MORE", you now open a package of what appears to be a set "Tinker Toys" that have to be put together with no instructions. We were within a stone's throw of the Little River where this gravel trail ends. Just a short distance across the river is the small town of Fulton, Arkansas, it really is only a community that now hosts a large coal-fired electric plant. However, it would be as accessible as the moon from our location, and waiting for a passer-by might have been several days wait.
We managed to use rocks, sticks and arrange the tool assembly in our on configuration to change the flat in a record time of a couple hours. The lugs were put on with a power wrench and then the strong man at the plant used a cheater bar to finish them off. This allows them to laugh at the thought of us trying to loosen the lugs with the toys in the trunk.
This will not happen again! I hope. We will be in the well-supplied jeep, equipped with tools, water, chairs, first-aid, cooking articles, and a real jack and lug wrench all ready assembled.
"Gota flat? Nope just rotate my tires every 2000 miles and that mileage showed up right here--FOOL!! Memories, nightmares of chasing wildlife.
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