First Flat Tire

         While playing the game 21 questions to pass the time on the road, we felt a bump and when I looked on the side mirror I saw that one of the RV tires was flat and it was creating sparks. We immediately pulled over and here are two things you should never do!:
   1. Never assume that you have the right tools.
   2. Never assume that you have road side assistance.

     It's 11pm at night and as we get out of the vehicle we are bombarded with mosquitoes. Not just one or two but hundreds of very annoying flesh biting horrible insects. We assess the situation as fast as we can and realize that we don't have a jack for the RV. We use a lantern and a headlamp for lighting and try to move as fast as we can. We go to the truck and get the Jack and we use the blocks of wood we have for the stabilization of the RV to help with the Jack since the RV requires a lot more support then a truck. A very nice police officer stops by and offers us assistance and numbers for towing company and then leaves. Meanwhile, I've been on hold with Progressive( we have full coverage with them for the RV) for 30 mins for their road side assistance department.
    Rich manages to use the Jack to get the RV ready to switch the flat into our full size spare tire and guess what?! The tools the RV came with to take the lug nuts out won't fit at all. At this point we have been at it for 45 min getting eaten by Mosquitoes and trying our best not to freak out. Also imagine that during this entire time the really big trucks are driving by us at 75+mph and making the whole thing shake while Rich is under the axel trying to figure this all out...scary!!! And I'm still waiting on Progressive.
     Rich takes his truck apart looking for tools to make the lug nuts come out and nothing is working. The dogs are very freaked out and all these mosquitoes made their way into the cab of the truck and are just flying around everywhere. Rich finally finds this tool he had welded together and it magically fits and after working at it for another 10 min he finally managed to get it off and switches the tire. Woohoo! Progressive answers and after an hour waiting for someone they tell me that our full coverage doesn't cover road side assistance unless we ask to add it...ridiculous! But I guess who needs road side when you got Rich in the car:) if we had the right tools that are supposed to come with the RV it would have been much easier, but I'm glad we learned the hard way because now I know we can handle the worst!:)