AN INTERESTING DAY

On our way to Florida, we had a rather interesting day. We were on I-77 just north of the I-85 exchange in Charlotte when there was something in our lane that we couldn't miss. It looked like boards, but something became wedged underneath the Tahoe and we had to pull over. It turned out to be a rod of metal about 4 ft. long and it wedged between the left front tire, over the axel and on out towards my door. We finally got it out and started to pull ahead when he thought he'd better check the tire pressure. It was 16 pounds and going down fast. We got OnStar on the line and they were arranging for someone to come and check on us, when a yellow truck pulled up behind us. It was a NC highway truck that had been dispatched to check out what was in the road and the driver offered to help us. He put the spare on, but suggested that we stop by Tire Kingdom and see what the damage was. Long story short -- they could not plug the tire -- hole was too big. So, we had to purchase a new one and have it put on and the spare back underneath the truck. Just getting the spare off the truck and back on was an interesting adventure in itself. We arrived in Port Wentworth, Georgia, two hours late, but safe and sound!!