The Flatest Tire Ever and Good-bye to Coco

Not a slow leak,
Not a little hole
Through the tire AND the rim
It really took it's toll!

So Tom & I were driving to work- he was eating breakfast, so I was driving and we were chatting- and I happened to glance at the road and see something in the road, which, at a glance just looked like a lump of dirt.

Well, it wasn't. It was a chunk of metal, part of which was a brake shoe and pad. Ga-thump!

The good news: We were about 5 minutes walking time from the office- and just a hundred feet from a tire place- so Tom slowly drove it to get looked at while I went on to work.

The BAD NEWS: It ruined the (1 week old) tire and, what's worse, the rim also got a hole in it! I'd never heard of getting a "flat" on your rim!

So, consequently, the spare is still on the car while a place is trying to fix the rim- which then the tire store is kindly replacing the brand-new tire at their cost (it wasn't expensive enough of a tire to have road hazard coverage) and they will also balance it for free.

What a way to start the week!

We had our Ward Campout and Wood Cutting Project. I LOVE my activities committee! The weather was great- it threatened rain friday eve- but we got lucky and it ended up a beautiful night! Everyone loved the breakfast- and I had lots of eager young helpers to take Coco around to let him graze Saturday AM while I cleaned up.

I had brought Coco up to go for a ride on Friday before the camp out started- he was so good- that it made it even harder to sell him this week.

Yes, you heard right. I had put an ad in about a month ago, and had a few nibbles, then out of the blue a serious buyer came. So Coco has a new home. They seem like really good horse owners and ride all over the Uintas. They are an older, retired couple and Coco was so good for them and I could tell he liked them.

I will miss Coco a lot. He gave my grandkids and me a lot of good memories.