On our way to Utah for a family reunion and Liam's blessing we ran into brake trouble. Now mind you, we just had the brakes fixed three weeks ago to the tune of $1000. We had trouble with them the first few miles of our trip so we pulled over in Houston and took the car into Discount Tire to have the tires balanced again (Kerry had just had it taken care of the day before). We thought maybe the rotation and balancing job was improperly done. They rebalanced the tires and off we went two hours late but rolling. All day had difficulty on and off with vibration and drag. But our destination was Dalhart and stopping there for any length of time was not an attractive thought so the next morning we pushed on. More vibration in New Mexico so as we were traveling through Colorado Springs we were wondering if we should stop in Denver and have it looked at or just push on......question answered when we were pulling away from gas station in Littleton and the brakes seemed to 'lock up' and when smoke started to spew and rubber started to burn, question answered. Now, do ya think it is crazy that we were passing a Brakes Plus establishment as the brakes started to smoke and we were able to make a left hand turn and be there? And do you think that it is common to have a Comfort Suites AND a Fairfield Inn in the same parking lot as the Brakes Plus place when we found out a part would take overnight to acquire and we would be left overnight with no vehicle? And so....things haven't been going as planned but we have felt the hand of the Lord and are grateful. Seems to be a bit of a metaphor for life....Things don't always go as planned or hoped but help is available to assist through the changed plan or situation and peace is always available. We will see what today's adventure is going to be! On the bright side, had a fun visit with Scott Lewis...just camped out in the corner of the Brakes Plus place and visited for an hour or so.
