Two Fears

Out in the country, there are two fearsome events that are for, the most part, unavoidable.  One is a flat tire:

Mike came over to check on the cows and his plans got put on hold due to a flat tire.  He called me to give him a ride home because no one was at his house.  If I had not been here to give him a lift, he would have had to walk a couple miles home.
In the last two weeks, we've had a flat on the go-buggy and more recently, a mesquite thorn took out a tire on the Bad-Boy.  All are costly and very inconvenient!

Our other Fear is fire.  Today there were two fires southeast of our little plot.  They were probably 2-3 miles away, but headed in our direction.  The good news is the wind velocity was fairly low and there is a plowed field and a road between us.

I think we are okay, but I will need to monitor them.