Stranded in Buffalo, Texas

On our last morning in Houston, the Mottos met us at the RV  park to do a little fishing.

Gabe was the only one to catch anything.

On our way home we stopped at the big Sam Houston statue.

We stopped here in 2017 after the Motto's wedding, too, so of course we had to recreate this picture:

Look at how much they have grown!!

Not long after getting back on the road Byron noticed the truck vibrating more than usual. He pulled over into an empty parking area off the side of the road and saw that his back tire was about to burst. 

The spare tire was also no good, so we called AAA. We pulled over at 2:30pm and were told that a tow truck would be there by 4:30. 

We went into the RV to wait because there was no shade and no where near by to stop in an wait. We were in the middle of nowhere Texas - Buffalo. 

On his way into the RV, Byron's sandal broke. That's a bad day.

We passed the time by doing Madlibs...

And playing Farkle....

It was HOT!!! And we had no drinkable water. To keep cool Byron stuck kitchen towels in the freezer and every so often pulled them out for us to put around our necks. Then we realized that there was a water spigot in the parking lot. We didn't trust it for drinking, but got the towels wet to help cool us off. 

After speaking with AAA more, we realized  that though a tow truck was going to come out, there would be no room for all 6 of us to ride with him. And he wouldn't be there until 6:30pm. So, we called on our friend, Chuck, and he graciously drove 2 hours to rescue us! 

Byron said that this was a sad, sad sight.