The day started with a great breakfast and a ride in the rain towards Nelson, about a six hour drive.
Then the shit hit the fan. I was coming up on a one lane bridge, got too far left and hit the curb hard. The impact completely destroyed the left side rims and tires. I was able to pull off on the side of the road and immediately checked for cell service and of course the was none. We were "way" out in the country. We decided that I would hitchhike the 12 miles to the nearest burg of Springs Junction and try to get help. John would stay with the car and gear.
After about 10 minutes with no luck I was able to flag down a Highway Patrolman who said he would stop in Springs Junction and sent a wrecker. About an hour later we were in the very small burg of Springs Junction at the service/gas station. They had the tires but no rims. I called the rental car company in Greymouth to give them the bad news. Of course the first thing Neil said was that all necessary repairs were on me which I already knew.
The good news was there is a Toyota dealer in Greymouth but of course they didn't have rims there. They could ship them in and have them tomorrow at 10:00 and then have them couriered to Springs Junction hopefully arriving here by noon.
So now we had to find a place to spend the night. There was a "dive" motel across the street and we got the last room. It smells really bad , the floor sags and there are cobwebs everywhere. This is the price we are paying for my stupidity. We are going to sleep in our sleeping bags on top of the covers.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
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