Adventure’s Aftermath: Weeks 6-7
December 10th – 21st 2018: Carrizozo, & Albuquerque, NM Well, the wheel had literally fallen off… and there we were, having been rescued from the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. “Lucky”, the tow truck driver, was also a mechanic and owner of a local junk yard, which was apparently the only show in town. We had actually passed his place several times in our travels around Carrizozo – thinking it was really, quite the spectacle. Who knew we’d wind up needing his services?! He was willing to work on our truck, but he also had to run his towing business, and mechanic shop too, so it was obviously going to take some time to get everything put back together. Lucky's Auto Service Lucky dropped us off at the campground that night, and then went back out with his crew, first thing the next morning to see if they could find our wheel for us. They searched high and low, but it was nowhere to be found. It turns out that our wheel flew off somewhere near the edge of a ravine. The uphill side of the highway was steep, craggy, and full of big rocks and dense shrubbery. The side…