Pay it forward

I forgot to add this to my photo gallery, so better late than never. On our way home from Leech Lake and Brainerd, we saw this little red car waving at us. Joel asked if I knew who they were, I said no. The next car that came up next to us was waving frantically to get our attention, and once they had it-they pointed to the camper. Seems we had a flat tire....to put it lightly! Lucky for us the camper has dual wheels so we didn't do any permanent damage. The best part about the whole thing, was the gentleman who stopped to help us. He had been traveling behind us, and saw the chunks of tire flying off our camper. When we pulled over, he went passed us, made a U turn, and then another U turn and pulled in behind us. He volunteered that he used to work at a Sam's Club Tire and Lube, and "would we like some help". As he and Joel were changing the tire (with the equipment the guy had in his truck) he said he was on his way home from his uncle's funeral, but on his way there, his clutch went out, and a friend had to come tow his camper to a local campground. It sat there for a week, before he could get back to pick it up. He went into the office to see what he owed, and the campground owner said "nothing, just pass it on". When he saw our truck with all the bikes, strollers, trikes, etc in the bed he knew that it would be a tough chore to change the tire-I certainly couldn't help with the 3 kids on the side of the highway....need I say more? Long story short, he and Joel had it changed in less than 25 minutes, and we were on our way home again!