My sisters (Amy and Laurie) had decided they would participate in the SHAC Beginner Triathlon, Nikki and I decided to sign up as well...
We left Friday afternoon, the truck was loaded with bikes, bags and food. We were moving along swimmingly and then 50 miles before Cedar City a strange noise started coming from the truck. I slowed down and tried to figure out what was making the sound then BOOM the truck lifted off the ground and started swerving back and forth almost to the point that I could not control it. Something was beating on the bottom of the truck so hard that it was lifting my feet off the floor each time it hit. I looked out the side view mirror just in time to see the Drive line bouncing down the road in a cloud of smoke and pieces of Metal. Cars were slowing down and moving out of the way to avoid the shrapnel. I managed to get the truck off to the side of the road and make sure it wasn't on fire. I looked underneath and the Transfer case had exploded, wires were hanging down fluid was everywhere.... Luckily (for us) Nikki was following us in her car (she was heading back to SLC early). We loaded all that we could into her car, I arranged for a tow truck into Cedar City. We continued on to St. George. Dustin and Karen were a few hours behind us so they stopped by and picked up our bikes (for the Triathlon) Thanks Dust and Karen! In the end we felt very lucky to escape with just a repair bill... We have great family and friends that always step up to help when needed. Thanks guys and gals...
Triathlon results:Nikki Ruckerova:
- 1st in Her Division (Female 30-34)
- 6th in Gender
- 18th Overall
- 2nd in His Division (Male 35-39)
- 26th in Gender
- 47th Overall
- 13th in Her Division (Female 35-39)
- 56th in Gender
- 98th Overall
- 12th in Her Division (Female 30-34)
- 31st in Gender
- 64th Overall
... Ryan
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