We Made It!!!

What three wonderful words those were!!  A trip that should of taken us, at the most with a loaded trailer 8 hours, took us 25!!!

Why you ask?  This is the first reason why....

On the side of I-95 we had a total blow out on our trailer.  We had a spare and had a jack, but the jack was not strong enough to lift the, such heavly, loaded trailer. Therefore, Matt found himself walking the interstate, in the pitch black dark, to find a mile marker so we could call a service to come lift our trailer.  All in all this little adventure took 2 1/2 hours! 

But, never fear homeschool mom was near, and while the men were working on the trailer, and the kids and I were up on the hill beside the road we had a lesson on hydraulics, pressure, and simple machines!!! There are opportunities everywhere!

At this point it was too late to continue, and we had a feeling we should get another tire and a better jack before heading on down the road anyway.  So, after a night in a hotel, the next morning we got both tire and jack and started again on our adventure to North Carolina.  The kids were done, especially Jodie, and it was a long morning, but we were not far from our new home . . .

When the second reason happened . . .

We had another flat tire, 4 miles from our new house, in the pouring rain.  Matt got soaking wet, but it was part of his Marine training :)This flat tire did not get a picture!  Didn't really care at this point and it was not very funny anymore! 

But, more importantly, we made it and we made it safely!