We drove home for Christmas and just got back.  We had quite the adventure trying to get home.  Half an hour into our trip, at 4:15 A.M. we hit a deer.  Or should I say, the deer hit us.  Needless to say, a few swear words came out of my mouth as I was driving.  We pulled over to the side of the road, Gary got out and assessed the damage.

Car wreck

We were missing a few parts and things were hanging down but with a rope and a come along strap, we were able to tighten things up and take off.  Crap!  What is that noise?  We are dragging something from down below.  Over to the side of the road again.  The plastic bumper guard is dragging.  Gary has me back up and he pulls that out and tosses it to the side of the road.  Litter bug! We’re off again.  Now the low tire lite is on.  Now what?!  We pull over again.  The rear passenger tire if flat.  Double crap.  We call Geigo our new insurance company.  We have towing assist coverage.  They were very helpful unfortunately they couldn’t find a tow company where we were to help us change our tire.  Geico was able to get a hold of the Sheriff who came out and parked his car behind us so we, or should I say Gary, could have some light to change the tire with.  Needless to say it was kind of chilly and the Sheriff wasn’t too excited about crawling around under the car to get the spare down.  I should of hid Gary in the car and played “damsel in distress”.  We have the stow and go seating so the spare is located under the car between the driver and passenger seats.  So between Gary, the cop, and I reading the owners manual, we managed to get the tire changed.  The Sheriff followed us the 10 miles to the next town to Wal-Mart so we could get the tire repaired or replaced.  It was 6:30 in the morning and they didn’t open till 8:30.  We took a little nap in the parking lot until they opened.  They were able to fix the tire with just a plug.  We told them our story and they didn’t charge us a dime.  What a great place and Thank you Wal-Mart!

We arrived back in Minnesota with no further deer hits.   Gary had put what appeared to be the brains of the car in a couple of plastic bags to keep it dry on the way home.  The guy at the repair shop said it was a good thing he did that as if it fell off, we would have stopped dead!  Luckily we were able to get Osseola Auto Body to repair our car.  They did a bang up job and had us back on the road by December 31st.  (If you are looking for a repair shop, I highly recommend them)

In the mean time, we had a wonderful 2 weeks or so visiting the family and of course enjoying the cute Grandbaby

We made it back to Aqua with no deer hits but I think we are going to buy those little whistles to put on our bumper for the next trip home. 🙂