Vacation woes

My hubby loves a good deal and so last August when we were offered one for a short stay in Avon (close to Vail) Colorado, he snapped it up. We also booked a week in our favorite Colorado town of Steamboat. Three days before out trip began M. came down with a bad infection and we had to cancel the first portion of the trip. Thankfully, he was feeling well enough to attempt our Steamboat vacation.

I wanted to drive our ten year old car but M decided that this was a good time to drive the vet. With great misgivings on my part, we headed out of Austin early on the morning of Aug. 21. The trip was going smoothly until we were just out of Lubbock and the car started shaking violently. We made it to a Chevy dealer in Lubbock to discover that our "run flat" tire had a hole blown out of it. Thankfully, the dealership was able to get a tire for us but it took 5 hours before we were able to leave. Not the most fun 5 hours I've ever spent. If I could have only had something to read other than the 3 year old magazines at the service center, the wait wouldn't have been as bad but my books were packed under everything else in the trunk (and the corvette trunk was completely filled). However, I am very thankful that we got a good deal on the tire and nothing else was wrong with the car.

My woes continued the next morning! I was trying to read the freeway roadsigns for our exit and didn't see the dead animal in the middle of the road. I was on it before I had a chance to react. Let me tell you that centering a large dead animal isn't the best for any car but in a low riding corvette, it is horrible. While I was shaking and mutttering "Oh no, oh no," I missed my exit. We did make it to Steamboat but have damaged the small air deflector under the car.

What an unforgettable beginning to a vacation.