Bang

 Had a little bit of a...scare? Not quite scare. But...surprise coming back from Lake Tahoe today.

In that we were driving down the freeway when suddenly we hear this loud BANG come from the car.

And at first my brother thinks that one of the kayaks -as he'd tied kayaks on top of the car to bring to and from the Lake- had come loose. Broken free.

But then in one of the side mirrors he's sees something black flapping as he's pulling over to the side of the highway and he's had the thought that maybe the tire had exploded/gone flat.

Which would have been bad since they were new tires.

But it wasn't.

No the plastic rim over the tire. A kind of shield guard? had come halfway loose and had been flapping in the wind.

It was something that my brother was aware of when he bought the car (as it was used) but it hadn't been an issue...until just then.

In any case...we didn't really have anything available on the side of the highway in the middle of nowhere to keep the rim thing on the car.

So my brother pulled the rest of it off.

Leaving the tire more exposed.

And placed the piece in the back to reapply later when he got back home. 

Thankfully the rest of the trip home was uneventful.

But yah.

Still not fun to hear random loud noises while you're speeding down the highway.

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi