Aye McMurdo, it has,

But a HUGE difference between a flat tire in the parking lot at work and being able to call the dealer from a mile away to have someone come up and change it for me...and being 26 miles out on a dirt rez road all alone with no phone and a shredded tire.

Drive about an '06 Ford Escape all wheel drive with an off road suspension package. Pretty much regular type tires...

Doesn't surprise me that the Navajo guys drove past...I'm a Bilagaana (Anglo) kilted, on their turf...

In some ways I took it more as an acknowlegement that I could handle the situation...

Ron