This morning we left Bulltown campground and continued our travels toward home. The day was hot and humid and the traffic was fast moving. About noon we were just east of Hancock, Maryland on I-70 when a loud bang occurred- we had blown a tire.
Luckily, it was a rear tire and not a front one but that was scary enough. Tom quickly pulled to the side of the road close to an entry ramp. After getting out and seeing which tire had blown- the inside duel on the driver’s side- Tom called our road service. As luck would have it there were no mile markers in sight and we weren’t sure of the ramp that we were at . After taking the necessary information road service said they would locate someone and call us back. When we were called back we were told someone from Interstate Tyre would be out within 30 minutes. As Tom was placing the caution triangles outside the truck pulled up- less than 15 minutes. The young man quickly went to work changing the tire having us back on the road by 1:30 pm. The basement compartment near the tire was damaged with a large raise area.
We were home by 3:15pm without any further problems and without lunch so we made a trip to our local Pizza Hut for a late lunch/early dinner.
We received a phone call from Larry this evening. He and Joanne were in Natural Bridge last night and then they came home also today. They also had some problems with tires. A tire blew out on the 5th wheel trailer in Virginia causing a need for road service and then just before getting home another trailer tire went flat but Larry was able to get it pumped up and get home with it. We’re just thankful that with these incidents that damage is no more than it is and that there was no personal injuries.
