Bad Luck with Tires.

Nothing lets the air out of you life, like the air quickly coming out of the new tire you just bought. Kadizzle has become a specialist in sidewall catastrophes. The latest was today. After a terrible day yesterday where all our plans went afoul driving to Denver we ended up in a State Park in Wyoming. It was one of those days where is something could go wrong it did. Finally at nine we crawled in the tent and thought one terrible day was over, but no, some idiot ran a generator until 1 A.M. Kadizzle was going to confront the Dinger, but The Commander suggested he might get his ass whooped.

When the sun rose Kadizzle hoped for a better day. Prior to leaving the Kadizzles had prepared a special coffee kit so we could have fresh ground coffee brewed by the tent in the morning. One small problem, no matches. Steam came from Kadizzle long before it ever would come from the coffee. Simple solution, go get some matches. Kadizzle jumped in the car and headed out. Carefully looking, backing and going slowly to avoid rocks Kadizzle tried to drive out of the camping spot. It was not to be. A strange crashing sound with a boom signaled a flat tire. It was not a simple flat tire that could be patched, but a ruined sidewall. The rock Kadizzle hit had to be hit with such precision to cause this problem that it is unlikely the feat could be duplicated. So it looked like a new tire, but you don't just buy the tire to match the other in nowhere Wyoming. After driving thirty miles to Wheatland, we had to buy a temporary new tire in order to get to Erin's. Next we find the damaged tire is covered by a warranty, but the warranty is only honored in Bismarck, North Dakota. Never, never buy those silly road protection warranties unless you never intend to travel. Last winter we had to replace a tire on our truck when a nail went through the sidewall. The year before a shell casing went though a tire sidewall. The tire lasted two days until we got to Erin's when a drywall screw went though it. Kadizzle would guess we have spent over one thousand dollars in the last three years from damage to the sidewalls of our tires.