[Artemisia] The Spring Thaw that Didn't/change to stupid AAA

[Redhawk]

Last summer I was on my way to a reining show in a little town South of Laurel MT.  I had a right rear tire blow out on our little motor home.  No where to pull off as I was on one of those wonderful two lane MT hiways wide enough for a Model T.  No cell service.  And husband didn't not send the correct spare tire or the correct tire jack.  I climbed a hill holding my cell phone in the air until holy crap I got a signal.  Called Wulf and said, quick, I am on Hiway XYZ, mile mark blah and here is my AAA member number.  20 minutes or so later, I climb back up that hill, found cell serive again, called Wulf.  He said the AAA lady told him I could not possibley be on Hiway XYZ because there are only 4 hiways in MT.  Luckly a nice guy pulled over who happened to drive a Dodge and he put his spare on the RV and followed me into Big Timber to the tire shop.  I was hours late and my trainer was very concerned.  4 hiways in MT... 
 ooooooooooooooookaaaay.  Those must be paved section line roads most of us drive on.  They certainly feel like it.
Redhawk

From: Freydis the Good <freydisthegood at gmail.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] The Spring Thaw that Didn't....

I still think the trailer fishtailed enough it tapped that semi...  either
way, when I get my truck back I am going to check the seat for solid gold,
there is bound to be some left there by at least one of us!!!  LOL!!!  Words
of wisdom today...  always drive with BOTH hands on the dragon's wheel!

And Momma Good was having a BAD reaction to the medication they injected in
her spine a few days before that was leaking out...  it was a fairly serious
reaction, but caught in time thank goodness!

SMILES!!
Freydis
~who is supposed to be taking her Statistic FINAL!




On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Sheila Harmon <sheilaharmon at starband.net>wrote:

> As all good SCA stories must start...No shit, there we were...
>
> The morning started in the way of SCA event mornings....with people
> scrambling to load vehicles, meet friends, load more stuff, sort out who
> is riding where, running late (which is mandatory for an SCA function)
> and caravaning down the road. Add to the mix an additional 6 large,
> furry, equine bodies, (who by the way, were VERY well behaved!!) and
> even more chaos ensues. Horses are loaded, check. Tack is loaded, check.
> Seats are sorted and assigned with good-natured bickering over who has
> to ride in the backseat, check. Paperwork is ready...oh crap...forgot
> that. Quick vehicle shuffle to get the paperwork picked up and we will
> meet at the gas station. The phone rings...uh oh, never a good sign. HL
> Freydis gets the news that her mother is in the emergency room at the
> local hospital. She is assured that she is NOT needed and she decides to
> continue with the trip, with a backup plan in case she needs to return.
> Finally, we are on the road. Our vehicle is Freydis' big blue truck
> named Golyeth and Lady Sheela's 6 horse trailer, loaded to the gills
> with the horses of Lady Una, HL Erin, HL Danielle, HL Freydis, Lady
> Sheela and HL Auraelia. Taking Eagle Road, we hit the freeway, headed to
> the Flying J Truck Stop where we will meet up with Freydis and other
> vehicles to gas up and caravan.
>
> A few miles down the freeway we see debris fly up in our wake. Have we
> blown a tire? People are passing and cowboys in another rig point at our
> trailer and make faces. A look in the mirror shows we still have 4
> tires. What is going on?? More debris. We slow, put on flashers, and
> continue along the shoulder, looking for the first exit (Cole) to get
> off the freeway to assess what is going on. We can still see that we
> have 4 tires but we take it slow. Luckily, there is a Les Schwab at the
> Cole exit. We call the others and let them know we have tire issues. We
> pull in and everyone bails out of the cab and checks out the tires. 2
> have been losing chunks and a third is starting to do the same thing.
> After a meet at the Les Schwab, Una's vehicle continues on to Gooding.
> We talk to the Les Schwab people and get tires ordered. They have 1 that
> we need and have to get the others from another location...so we wait.
> Since we have an hour plus of down time, Auraelia takes Freydis to the
> hospital to visit her mother. Part of our merry band decide to troop
> cross country to get food at a local fast food joint. Danielle, young
> Master Kian and I stay with the horses (who are STILL being really well
> behaved!)
>
> HL Auraelia decides to go and get her horse trailer. So we do a quick
> parking lot shuffle with the horses and have 2 on her load. They want us
> to leave the horses on the trailer and they just use a big jack and get
> to work on the tires. After 3 plus hours, 4 new tires are on and we are
> ready to hit the road. The horses were awesome...even with the air guns
> and loud noises as they filled the tires. No scrambling, just a couple
> of big eyed looks. I was so proud of them. The two under age 4 littles
> accompanying us are also being wonderful but are definitely ready to nap
> as soon as the trucks start. Freydis meets us at a truck stop from her
> hospital visit and we are ON OUR WAY!!!
>
> So, we have our emergency repair out of the way, we may be a bit later
> than normal, but we should be good to go, right??? Don't we wish!! We
> are making pretty decent time down the freeway, even going so far as to
> be passing vehicles. (We had more of them passing us...with lots of
> cursing from our driver as they cut in front of us!) Almost to Mountain
> Home we are passing a semi loaded with cars when we hear a bang,
> horrible grinding noise and a serious list to the left. Traffic won't
> let us off on the right, when we see an old construction detour on the
> left. We grind off the freeway and stop. Holy Hell, the left rear truck
> tire is toast. Apparently a support strut that held the pickup bed frame
> broke loose and went into the tire. Shredded!! And Freydis is bemoaning
> the destruction of one of her new matching rims. Since on this trip
> NOTHING is going to be easy, getting the tire off, the jack to work, the
> spare to work, all presented a new set of challenges. According to Sabin
> the jack for this truck was a ridiculous metal coke bottle with a screw
> and a stick for a one ton truck loaded with a 6 horse trailer.At this
> point we have called Auraelia's carload, and they have back tracked to
> meet us at the Mountain Home exit. After broken tools, burnt fingers,
> bruised and mashed appendages, we finally get off the freeway. Guess
> where we are heading? Yep, back to another Les Schwab. We are at a
> Burger King so we decide to grab a quick bite of food to eat on the way.
> Service was abysmal, orders were wrong and it took forever. By this time
> it is after 2:00, and we still need to get the tire fixed. The spare is
> leaking air so we refill it and head quickly to the tire store. A quick
> vote is that we GIVE UP. The forces of the Universe have decided that we
> are not supposed to be attending this Spring Thaw. A relatively quick
> visit this time, and we have a new tire on the truck and are headed
> home. By 6:00 this evening we are unloaded, animals put away and ready
> for some real food. We are all saddened that Spring Thaw didn't happen
> for us, but we have 5 new tires, an adventure to tell, Freydis' mom was
> able to go home from the hospital...and no one died. I believe that is
> the appropriate equivalent in the SCA to "and they lived happily ever
> after."
>
> Lady Sheela
> Trip Chronicler
>
> with additions, subtractions, interjections and amendments from
> Auraelia, Sabin, Erin, Alex, Freydis, Danielle, Riain & Kian
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