We've got invited by some Leavitts and other search and rescue buddies to take some dirt roads to Mesquite. We took the black Jeep. I have a smile on my face but I was pretty grumpy that day. I felt like the Jeep was too loud. Merril said he would turn around and drive us home but I decided to shut my mouth and put on a happy face.
Unfortunately, the Jeep didn't want to cooperate. It made a funny noise about halfway to Mesquite, and then made a big clunky noise when we stopped by a dirtbank. After that we couldn't get the front tires to spin. All the Leavitts jumped out and they started diagnosing the Jeep.
They thought if they could get the differential cover open they'd be able to see what was going on inside and hopefully make the Jeep drive. The bearings for the differential came spilling out. The Jeep wasn't going anywhere. We were able to call Austin Christian and he rescued us. Everyone else went on to Mesquite.
While we were waiting, we went for a walk. We found a horny toad! it's the first time I've ever seen one in the wild that wasn't caught by someone else.
We hiked through a barbed wire fence, and got to the top of a small hill. And then we hiked back.
Then all the kids wanted to take a picture by the differential bearings.
After the pictures, we cleaned up the bearings so we wouldn't litter. And a little while after that, Austin showed up and we got home. Not quite the adventure we were thinking of, but it was still fun.
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