Our stay in Utah ended and this morning we began our journey over to the CasaBlanca Resort & Casino in Mesquite Nevada. The trip started out grand as we made our way through a very beautiful canyon but we hit some construction and the traffic came to a halt.
We continued to crawl out of the construction and were about 20 miles from our destination in Mesquite Nevada when I noticed a police officer with his lights on right behind me. I couldn’t figure out what we had done but pulled over anyhow just before getting to a gas station where I was going to stop at to check on tire on the CRV I was a bit worried about.
The officer explained that he was driving behind me when my rear tire on our SUV blew out so he pulled us over. I apparently had good reason to worry about that tire and we had planned to have it checked out while in Mesquite Nevada.
We drove very slowly over to the same gas station I had intended to stop at less than 1/4 mile down the road to change out the blown tire. As I was using our dinky tire jack and tools a fellow named Dale pulled up beside us saying he had a hydraulic jack and better tools than I was using. He then proceeded to take over my tire changing task.
With the doughnut tire in place and the blown tire tossed in the back of the CRV we thanked Dale for his help and drove on to Mesquite. Once set up at the Casablanca Resort we drove back over to Washington Utah to the nearest Costco since the tire was still under warranty.
Of course our warrantied tire was discontinued but with Costco generous warranty program we were able to replace all four tires for under $400 so we now have four new tires!
Not the best start to our stay in Mesquite Nevada but it is part of this lifestyle! It didn’t stop us from enjoying our stay in Mesquite …
NOTE: We are leaving Yuma AZ this morning and moving over to El Centro CA for a few nights… DONE
Friday, October 25, 2019
Why is that Policeman pulling us over???
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Good thing the tire was spotted and with other damage was done. Enjoy you time there in Elcentro we have had many god time there over the years.
ReplyDeleteGlad your blowout didn't cause too much damage.
ReplyDeleteWe have tried Tire Sensors over the years and found them to not alert us to Blowouts plus they would go off after only moving Five Feet in the mornings.
Be Safe and Enjoy El Centro.
It's about time.