Well, yesterday started okay. I've been having problems sleeping and was awake around 2 AM. I stayed in bed, though, until around 4. I was on the road by 7:30 on my way to Big Springs, NE, a 260 mile, 5-hour drive. I'd be there by noon. A light snow was falling, and the traffic going through Colorado Springs was heavy. The winds picked up while I was on I-76 Eastbound. Everything was going well until about 11:30 when I noticed a wheel well fairing on the trailer had come loose. Then the day got BAD. I had blown a tire on the trailer. Not only that but the other tire was shredded, a brake line was ripped off.
I get on the phone and call my road service. I'm on I-76 at mile marker 167, and I need HELP. A heavy tow truck finely gets to me at 8:00 PM. Since it was late and everything was closed, the road service opted to take me 25 miles up the Interstate to Big Springs to get me off the side Interstate in a safe location. We got there at 11:30 PM. It took another 3 hours to get my truck and trailer off his trailer. I got to bed around 3:00 AM and was awake again around 5:00 AM. Today's mission is to find someone who can repair the damage enough that I can continue my trip to Wisconsin. I won't be back to Oconto on Saturday as planned.
