We made it to Virginia but not without a little bump in the road...well, maybe a big bump. About 2 1/2 hours into our drive Steve noticed a strange light that came on the dash. Before I had time to reach for the manual it became very clear what that light meant. With a series of loud thuds we managed to steer a very shaky, lopsided vehicle, off to the shoulder of the road without hitting anyone (or them hitting us). When we got out of the car we were overcome with the smell of burning rubber. We looked down to see our tire shredded to pieces and completely off the rim!! We immediately called AAA (on Xmas day) to send a truck out to help us. To make matters even more stressful, in order to get to our spare tire we had to empty out the entire back of the car, which was jam packed from floor to ceiling with our stuff, onto the side of the road, in the rain! I swear I couldn't make this stuff up! 
One bright side to this story is that our spare was a full size tire. So once AAA came out and changed the tire we were back in business. Another 15-20 mins to re-pack the entire car and we were off again. I guess it could have been much, much worse. It added about 1 1/2 to our trip and we arrived in Virginia Beach at about 10:30pm.
Close up shot of where our tire ripped. I've never seen a tire rip like this before!
Here's Emma freaking out, as we pile our stuff from the trunk into the front seat to keep it from getting wet.
Moral of the story? Always keep a full size spare in your car when driving cross country on Xmas Day!!
Stayed tuned for pictures of our new place!!
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WOW! Good thing Steve flew down to drive with you!
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