The holiday road trip has been dogged by rain. Lots of rain. I didn't visit any of the sports on my list today, but did find a couple of neat gems hidden along the back roads of South Carolina.
At one stop, as I picked blackberries for a late afternoon snack during a break in the rain, I though I saw something one of the rear tires of my car. It turns out that is was steel tread that had worked its ways through.
The good news is that I didn't have a blowout while on the interstate. The bad news is several fold. I was in the middle of nowhere, beyond even a hint of cell coverage. I had to detour to Spartanburg, which is a lovely town. The tire shops were closed when I limped in, though. I did find a hotel down the street from a chain tire store that says they open at 0700.
I would imagine that they will bend me over and spank for the tire, if they even have it in stuck. I hope that it doesn't take all day, either. If it takes more than 2 hours and I have to pay out of an orifice yet to be determined, well that would just be a damn shame.
I hope that I have no further updates from the road, as one on my personal goals for this trip was to try to stay off the grid.
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