After having an eventful past few days we, wrongly, though that nothing else could possibly go wrong.... well... it did!!
After having breakfast we returned to our car to then stand in shock to find we had a FLAT! Noooooooo!
After a full check of the car we could see no nails etc and no obvious sign of any damage so being the ever optimistic people we are, we popped down the local gas station and pumped it up! So... off to Death Valley in the knowledge that the problem had been solved! or had it.....
Today saw us visiting the Ubehebe crator and Scotty's Castle:
So yes, I know what your asking... did we actually fix the Tyre.... well the short answer is no!
We came out of Scotty's Castle started our drive off to discover, yes its flat again, only this time, we are in the middle of Death Valley with no phones, temps at 110F and a flat tyre!
So, with no other choice, we set about changing it, once we finally sorted that out, we set off back to the hotel, drove past the last gas station for the next 60 miles with our nice on board computer readout saying 80 miles to empty...... and yes you guessed it.... we ran out! Not really! we did however get to the point where it went from 80 to 20 very quickly and with still another 40 miles to go and no matter how you look at it thats not enough!
However with a bit of very slow driving, coasting we nursed it back to a gas station, rang the breakdown about the tyre and we were told we could visit the local garage who would change it and charge it to their credit card. All we had to do was ring them.
So all well that ends well..... nooooooooooooooooo!
Once the tyre was fitted, we rang the breakdown and no one answered! And here us sat with a $390 bill and no idea what to do! In the end we had to pay it and after an angry call to Dollar we should get a refund tomorrow!
Hopfully, our trip in Vegas, should be less eventful!
See you soon!
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