A Crap Day
Well, today pretty much sucked. We were all packed up and ready to go by 9:00am when Dad discovered we had yet another flat tire, which makes three in three weeks. Then, when we tried to get the lug nuts off the wheel to change the tires, Dad discovered that they had started to strip, at which point he became very pissed off and phoned roadside assistance. Then we settled down to wait for help, during which time I finished my book and a bird flew into the truck while I was reading, which scared the crap out of me. I had to open the door to let it out, only to find out I didn’t actually let it out when I got back into the truck and found it staring at me
from the floor with evil bird eyes. That was fun. Two hours later, some guy with a tire iron and a tow truck (?) showed up, so thanks @ roadside assistance for being useless as all hell. We ended up having to tow the trailer over to a nearby repair shop, where they changed the tire in half an hour and charged us fifteen bucks, which was way more helpful. By that time, it was noon and we were just getting started on our six hour drive to Las Vegas. Mum had to call ahead and cancel our dinner reservation, since we weren’t going to
make it on time. The drive was long, and sucked because we were all grumpy. By the time we got to our campground and got set up, it was dark out and we went right back out again to get dinner, since we had no food in our fridge. We ended up getting smoothies, since none of us were very hungry, and then we drove up and down the Vegas strip to look at all the hotels, which were lit up for the night. I swear, Las Vegas is actually a freaking theme park disguised as a city. When we found our way back to the trailer, it was quite late so we all headed off to bed in preparation for another long day on the morrow. Peace out m8s.
