The next day we start over the mountain, expecting to be delayed some due to having to take Harvey to the doctor. What I did not expect was a 10% grade on the mountain complete with truck runaway pull offs and brake cooling stations. Even when I saw the signs, I thought that was for big trucks. David having much more sense that me realized this might be an issue for us and pulled off in the first pull off to cool the brakes. Within minutes, the brakes were on fire and the girls and I were putting to use our evacuation plan and saying our prayers.. Pretty scary. David was able to get the fire extinguisher an put out the fire and assess the damage. Thankfully the worst of the hill was behind us and we were able to make it down the rest of the way.
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