When we finally did leave at about 4 pm, we rode only for a short distance before we encountered a huge traffic jam on an uphill grade. We had made it almost to the top when Jesse pulled off. He didn't dare to push his bike any farther because he was afraid it would overheat. Just as he was getting off the bike the coolant cap popped off, hit him in the leg and burned him. What bum luck for him. He just wanted to try to get to the top of the hill so he could coast down the rest of the other side.
We got off the bikes to allow them to cool again. Cooper learned from the last time that it would just be best to stay in the crate and allow me and Jesse to shade him.
When we got rolling again we went over to the break down lane with my flashers on and rolled along there so we could keep moving. I don't think anyone minded since they were all the people who passed us on the side of the road and saw the cute little dog with blue hair.
We came up on the source of the problem. It was a tractor trailer who had gone over the side of the guard rail, landed upside down and was falling down the embankment on the other side. He was having a much worse day than we were. After passing the accident the traffic moved fine again. We stopped at a Denny's where we could get into a bathroom for Jesse to fix his leg up a little.
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