{"id":20729,"date":"2026-06-17T21:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20729"},"modified":"2026-06-17T21:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:07:17","slug":"tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=20729","title":{"rendered":"Tires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just a few short days after we brought home our new (to us) kid car, Espen was driving back from Long Island and blew out a tire! Fortunately her and Alan were caravanning, and they were only about an hour away. She called me from the side of the road, shaken but ok, with the doggo whining in the seat beside her. Alan circled back to pick her up while I called a tow truck. 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