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Monday, July 16, 2007

Farther West

Well, here we are, finally on a real vacation!! No house hunting,etc. We crossed the great Cascade mountains yesterday, with disastrous results to one of our tires. I (Roberta) was listening to Elsie Dinsmore on audio book (very entertaining, I highly recommend it) when we all heard a terrific BANG!! and the right rear tire had blown. Fortunately, we were just hitting our maximum ascent speed (about 25-35 mph) and so were spared to horrors of a high-speed blowout. God was really looking out for us.
Roberta

Joe adds:

Evidently we hit a rock in the road and it caused the tire to go. The force of the explosion almost ripped the tire off the wheel rim. Dad and I got out to fix it and Hannah took the pictures.
















The Cascades

















Our blown tire
















Dad and Joe Putting the spare on.

3 comments:

  1. PeachesJuly 16, 2007 7:55 PM

    Have a great vacation , congrats on the new home:) Hathaways

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  2. ShutterflyHJuly 17, 2007 3:11 PM

    I know it was a weird time to take pictures, but a good photographer finds an opportunity in every situation and "bazzare circumstance"!
    -Hannah

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  3. JocelynJuly 18, 2007 10:40 AM

    So glad to hear that you have found your farm. Have a great and relaxing vacation. There will be much to do when you finally unpack :-) We really miss seeing all of you. Do you have a mailing address??

    Josh P
    Tampa, FL

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