View of the day-We finally found a parking place near Pratt, Kansas...before the sun went down.We were up early to get back over to Bassett, where we had left the rigs parked. Once they were warmed up we headed out and were making pretty good time with the north wind.
We were almost to Alma, NE just north of the Kansas border where Marilyn was going to fuel up and 4 miles from town, she heard a pop and looked in the side mirror to see a tire that just didn't look right, so she pulled over and saw something that we never expected to see on an new trailer...a flat...and the rim wouldn't be good for anything but a planter.
Al pulled over and we got the trailer unhooked and tried to take the bad tire off...not easy with no tools...well, some tools, but not the right ones. We drove into Alma to see if there was a tire place...there was, he had a tire and was kind enough to lend us a tire wrench.
While we were putting the tire back on, we reminisced about driving past other people with flats changing them the hard way...who would have thought that would be us with all the tools we usually carry. Well we got it changed and were on our way after returning the tools...no idea what caused the flat.
We had hoped to make it to Cherokee, Oklahoma but by the time we made it to Great Bend, KS and got fueled up, Pratt was as far as we could make it. So after parking the rigs, we found a room and called it a day.
Tomorrow we get to our destination...we hope...
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