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You are here: Home » Switchback Nico, Max, Blake, and Christopher are enjoying the Cabin views. July 23, 2025 November 10, 2025 I’m not a superstitious guy, so when my rear right tire blew out 100 miles into my 800-mile road trip towards Tennessee, I refused to see it as some dark sign that the journey was doomed. Nah, I told myself it was the kickoff to something good—a fresh tire to dig into those mountain highways, ready to lay down clean tread on roads that touch the sky. A rough start, sure, but one that’d set me up for the miles ahead. Still, it sucked. Hard. The blowout had me limping my Suburban to a grimy gas station off the interstate. I squatted by the tire, hunting for a nail or some obvious culprit. Nada. Just a loud, angry hiss from a puncture. I thought I’d outsmart it with a $22 can of Fix-a-Flat. Big mistake—it didn’t do squat. Luckily, a tire shop sat right across the street, like the universe was tossing me a lifeline. I rolled over, talked to th...