Adventure we rather not have had

Monday was to have been an uneventful day. Kris went to the airport to get the keys he needed for the site. The gate will be locked for the Rain forest and they will need to get to the site before park hours and leaving after park hours. He came by to see me, I was sitting by the pool while the laundry was doing its thing. He asked me if I wanted to ride up with him to the site since the work will not start until tomorrow. He hoped the weather would be better for taking some pictures. I said "sure", so he did some work on line and waited for me to finish up the laundry.

We took off to get him a haircut on base and then headed out to the site. Well we didn't get very far down the interstate before we were part of a traffic jam. We thought it was a traffic accident but found out as we got closer to the source that it was a huge hold in the road! A mile or so down the road we heard something pop, Kris ran over some rhubarb, not sure if it was part of the bridge or fell off someone's truck. A few seconds later a dash light came on the jeep and it showed the tire was going flat! GEE! We were very close to the car rental where we got out jeep from so Kris drove in there to advise them on the flat. They called roadside service to change the tire and sent us over to Goodyear to get another tire. The tire was not puncher it was split! Well now it was 1pm and by the time we got the tire replaced it was 4pm. With the language barrier here, meaning we don't speak Spanish, Kris had a time getting them to understand the tire was covered under the rental contract. He was worn out by the end of the day with just trying to communicate with people! Oh did I mention we were thinking about learning Spanish. I guess we need to stop thinking and do it! We were blessed that the rental Jeep was under FAA contract, because if we were here just as tourist we would be paying for this out of pocket. My advice to all who rent cars as tourist to know your policy and if you roadside service in the states covers other US territories. The rental company wanted to switch out vehicles but Kris had added a toll pass (yes tolls here too) and could not get it off the windshield without breaking the code bar. Tip: If you ever rent a vehicle and add a toll pass do not apply it all the way, leave the tips to grab on to so you can transfer it in case you have to change vehicles.

As we were sitting in the parking lot waiting for roadside service we saw a state vehicle on the bridge where we hit the rhubarb. We guess it was a bridge problem after all.

I guess you can tell we never made it to the mountain top!