The Adventure begins...
Salt Lake City to Casper
Mapquest says it is a little more than a 7 hour drive, and I made it in just over 6. Of course my drive included a flat tire. Maybe you remember the Firestone tires that were blowing up. Well I don't have Firestone tires on my Pathfinder, but I do have Bridgestone tires and there apears to be similarities. As it would turn out, Firestone and Bridgestone are one in the same. Thanks to the superior quality of my tires, it looks like I will be needing to paint the front bumper again. When that tred comes off, it takes everything it can with it. The first good thing about Wyoming is the Highway patrol. Not only is it a good thing, but the Highway patrolperson that pulled me over was a little blonde that offered to help me change my tire. Now I'm no genius, but I am also no stranger to automobile. Suprisingly enough this is only the second flat tire I have ever had, the first one wasn't anywhere near exciting. Knowing that I am the resident mechanic for my brother and his wife, I felt more than stupid at having to pull out my owners manual to figure out how to drop the tire down. I'm sure this looked increasingly bad after answering the hottie's (Highway Patrol) inquiry as to wether or not I knew what I was doing. With all said and done I was back on my way after a 20 min delay.
I have been pretty optomistic of Casper up until driving into the city. Welcome back to my childhood. This town has to be smaller than the little town of Temple, Tx where I did the majority of my growing up. Driving in to this town has taken me back to small town life. On the upside, there is a Wal-Mart, Target and Home Depot that I have discovered already. I also found to my suprise that there is a Nissan dealer somewhere around here. I was slightly scared when all I was seeing was Ford and Chevy vehicles. And since the tred took out the inner plastic fender I will be needing to replace it.
I'll have to see how this week goes. I'm not so sure about this move I have made.