Friday, August 7, 2009

Tucson

After a relatively uneventful two days, we left Tucson at 7:30 this morning to head for the border. A few minutes in to the drive on I-19, the car's front right tire blew out and we had to pull over to the side of the highway. After a few choice profanities, we gave our best shot at changing the tire. Liz managed to get the car up on the jack, but at that point we discovered our car kit was missing some key pieces. At that point, we started to realize that we might be in for more than we bargained for. We were just lucky that the tire blew out on this side of the border instead of in Mexico! A nice Tucson policeman, Sgt. Velasquez, helped us get the spare on, and we started towards the next exit to turn around and head back to Tucson.

Pulling off on the exit to turn around we heard a familiar sound, and stopped under the free
way to discover our spare tire completely shredded. Rescued again by a very nice guy from Tucson Towing, we rode back into Tucson and over to the VW dealership. Several hours and a thousand dollars later, we checked into a Holiday Inn for yet another night in Tucson, and now we're fully prepared to head down to Mexico in the morning! (Or so we hope...)

Sitting in a little Asian restaurant called Chopstix about an hour ago, we talked about the reality of this move, and how exciting and scary it is that we have nobody to bail us out this time. We talked about life, happiness and other serious matters. We were pondering true happiness. Are we crazy to leave our safe, comfortable, predictable lives in Boulder? Are we kidding ourselves about how adventurous we really are? I asked Liz if she thought maybe we were truly happy coming home from retail jobs, watching TV, and settling in for a beer and a cozy night's sleep in our "Boulder Bubble" as we so often refer to it....


Then the check came, and Liz pulled out her fortune cookie and cracked it open. "HA!!!" She exclaimed as only Lizzie can, and passed me the fortune:











"Adventure can be real happiness."


2 comments:

  1. I don't know the context of all this, but it made me smile. Journey hard.

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  2. Liz and riley, please keep posting! I cant believe the awful luck youve had! Im sure itll be all gravy from here. Im sending all the car smooth running vibes I can out to you. Safe travels!! love you guys, alley

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