Stage IVa - Trip Redux

So after finally finding (1) one snow tire, and an oil change, emissions test and front brakes (calipers and rotors)  - we were finally off at 9am.  We made it to the Litchfield exit off of Rte. 8 - car wouldn't go above 50 miles an hour, ice chunks stuck in the wheel wells - we went back to town so it could fall out and then took off again for the West.  Made it through NY and into Pa. passing Matamoros and climbing  when I watched the tractor trailer in front of me bounce as it passed over the edge of a bridge - the car didn't bounce - it bent the front left rim and bubbled the (new) rear tire.  Spent the next 4 hours slowly driving through the hills of western Pa.  a Tire store fixed the spare and had an all season tire.  But I was still down a wheel...I hit about 4 more shops before calling  Kelly Mazda - who said "We might have one of those in the basement."  I'm always fans of stores that have basements, or "stuff out back."  They had a steel rim, and went out to a neighborhood tire shop for another tire after 4pm - and paired up the remaining snows on the front.  On the road, for less than $200!  We made it to Clarion, Pa. first night about 3-4 hours off our original estimate.