[Artemisia] Travel trials and tribulations

[Jacquie Ziegler]

Greetings!

Well, the Fates must have decided that I needed to spend time with Sine, 
because I am safe and sound in Bozeman as of yesterday evening.

Leaving Dragon's Tear, Sine and I traveled to White Sulphur Springs to 
gas up and eat with others. We had noticed a slight bounce or shimmy on 
the front end on the drive up, so I was going to get the alignment 
checked after I got home.

After we left WSS, the bounce got worse. Before we got to Wilsall, part 
of the tread peeled off and we had to slow to 10 mph to keep creeping 
along to find cell coverage. Just about the time we found an area that 
might work, along with a turnout that would get us off the road 
completely, a State Trooper coming the other way stopped and helped us 
get the spare on. At that point, it was obvious the half-size spare 
would not support the van. His radio would get out where Sine's cell 
coverage would not, so we got ahold of Elias and he started out to come 
rescue us.

Fix a Flat got us to the Cenex in Wilsall, and then we put the 
necessities into the truck and headed into Bozeman.

I have just gotten off the phone with four different tire places and I 
will be getting a replacement tire tomorrow and heading home after that.

Thank goodness for friends!

Shauna