Who wants a flat tire?

Last week Kyle and I got a flat tire and since we had such perfect conditions in our tire changing experience, I thought I would pass on to you some helpful hints.

Before you get your next flat tire please consider the following:

- plan your flat tire on a day when there is one of the greatest rain storms you have ever experienced.

- plan on having a small child with you, a four year old is best. If you do not have children, just be babysitting like we were.

- plan on the flat tire happening on a busy road, with a small shoulder.  Also, the road needs to have gushing water in its gutter from the greatest rainstorm you have ever experienced.

- plan on getting a flat tire on the way to picking up the above mentioned child from school.

- get the flat tire close enough to the school so you can at least walk a mile (in the rain) to get the child while your spouse works on changing the tire.

- make sure when you pull over to change the flat, that there are people around that will help you change it and will go retrieve whatever you may need.

- make sure you have the wrong size tools to change the flat. Here in Uganda, cars come with the wrong size tools (you may have to remove the tools that came in your car if you bought it in the US).

- consider carrying some food since having the wrong size tools may make the experience a bit longer than expected.

-if you stand outside the vehicle while your spouse does all the dirty work, make sure you are holding the four year old you are watching so he doesn’t get hit by a motorcycle that crashes about three feet away

-Make sure you have some small bills so you can give them to the really nice guys that helped you.

If you follow all of these steps you will come close to duplicating the tire changing situation that we had. Thanks for your attention and remember, safety never takes a day off!