We headed home from Lava Hot Springs a little before lunch time. We had Kari's minivan, and then another that we'd rented, so we could fit all the silly kids and equally silly grownups.
Grandpa Ken decided that we absolutely needed to pull off the road somewhere in Idaho--Malad maybe? He had driven through before and had seen this fence--miles of fence with a boot on every post. I've since heard there are other fences like that, maybe closer to home in UT, but anyway, he had to see it.
So we stopped. And got out to take some pictures.
I have to admit, though weird, the boot fence was pretty cool.
While out exploring we realized that the rental van had a low tire. Which soon and suddenly became a flat tire. In trying to find the spare we ended up taking out all our luggage. And the kids thought it would be fun to mess around on the side of the road.
Max and Parker, so helpful, opening and closing the doors, and putting extra gravel under the flat tire.
Everybody else tried to be helpful, but it took us a long time to locate the spare and to get it on. I didn't try to be helpful, besides banishing the kids to the other van. I just took pictures.
It was picturesque, though hot and dusty.
We drove into town and luckily there was a tire place right there. The guys took the van over there and the rest of us went and had lunch in the smallest hottest yuckiest burger king ever.
Turns out the tire had really big problems--problems that were most likely there before we ever picked it up from the rental place. The guys were able to get a new tire while we got lunch, which was lucky. It was also lucky (probably more like a blessing) that we were able to have the flat tire happen on the side of the road, rather than a big blowout while we were driving on the freeway. That would've been a scary way to end our vacation.
We finally got back to Highland. It was a fun trip and we were glad to make it back.
4 comments:
Yes, it was Malad, Idaho, or as Xander, my 3 year old grandson say it, "Idaco". I don't know if you have ever heard of Geocaching, but there is a signature log inside of one of those boots to prove your visit. So yes, I've seen that fence, it's pretty interesting...and there are a lot of boots there! :D
So helpful of the boys to put extra gravel under the flat tire! :)
Milad.......the dreaded car break down zone......we've broken down in Milad before on our way home from MT. Every time we pass it now.......we think of that wintery night when our car broke down OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE! Milad, ID. Not a place you want to break down in the middle of the night!
I really hate flat tires - especially out in the middle of nowhere. At least there were horses in the distance. And really? there's a GeoCache there? That is SO COOL. But you guys were unaware . . .
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