Hi Anna,
I would strongly suggest AAA RV. $80 bucks a year.
They not only tow, they fix flats & deliver gasoline.
best,
John C...

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From: Anna Quinn-Smith <annasan1@COMCAST.NET>

> Well - me & the dawgs TRIED to go see the Perseid meteor showers Sat eve. .
> . . . drove away from Portland (OR) city lights to countryside south and east.
> (Molalla-Mulino, for those familiar w/the area). The sun was setting pink in an
> otherwise clear sky (yay!) as we scouted likely stopping spots.
> Alas - with urban growth creeping rurally, traffic was horrendous! So even
> when a dark spot could be found, car lights were a real bother! Add to that the
> ubiquitous rural exterior quartz security lights & we hit a real snag. Now, mind
> you, I am somewhat disabled so a hike-however brief-was out of the question.
> But still I kept on, determined to take advantage of this moonless early
> August sky show. When a spot was finally found, damn if a purplish-black
> fan-shaped cloud bank wasn't hurrying my way! The dogs were whining, I had to
> pee, and there were just way to many cars for "way out in the sticks"!
> So, homeward we headed; with a stop at local "Burgerville" for a Tillamook
> ice cream milkshake and a short cut thru Fred Meyer pkg lot in Oregon City. I
> decided to stop & check out the awful noise I had been hearing. If it was that
> newer muffler I was gonna have to head on in 1st thing Mon morning . . .
> instead, a very flat tire rear right. Double damn! This was 11pm. Called a few
> friends & left msgs; then tow companies. Many don't do flats anymore; others
> didn't go to Or.City; the one that did was 2+ hrs out! And the late nite
> rabble-rousers made me a wee bit nervous. C'mon, dawgs, BARK - save me! When I
> finally settled on one that was 1hr or less, I was wiped out. Down went the bed
> (hoo-rah for Vanagon campers!) & snooze went the canids & I. Then it took quite
> over an hr for poor Darryl to change out the tire-seems the spare was never used
> in it's 26 yrs! Rust rust rust .... he banged and tweaked and swore and went
> 'ouch'. I still had to pee. I pardoned myself & zoomed of
> f on my scooter to check out the shrubbery for nature's call . . . "how do you
> spell ' relief ' ?" It was after 2AM when he finally sent me on my way - home,
> wind down, computer messages and bed by 0500!
> Next year I'll stay in the Santiam wilderness outside Eugene to catch a
> star -
> - Anna QS
> ' 86 Blue Mongrel . . & the dawgs