[Free 1st Part] There and Back Again Tires, Wind, Quartz, and Legions of Light

[Free 1st Part] There and Back Again Tires, Wind, Quartz, and Legions of Light

From Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell by Inelia Benz

May 13, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

In this episode, Inelia and Larry discuss a flat tire incident during their travels and reflect on life choices and support in difficult moments.

Chapter 1 - A Flat Tire in Heaven At the end of the very first day on the road, we had a destructive blowout of one trailer tire. As Larry was changing the ruined one, the tire next to it was also damaged and went flat. Two flat tires. One spare. Here is the interesting thing about that moment. It happened near a highway exit, next to a massive empty carpark with big bright lights that allowed us to see everything and be outside of highway danger. We also noticed that there were multiple stores nearby that carried new trailer wheels and tires, which is extremely rare. On our last trip we had to shop around for hours to find a store that had them. This brought us to discuss good and bad news, and while things may happen as often as not, when the light rises and becomes form, things will happen where support is most available. A flat tire in hell, or a flat tire in heaven.. WTF, why even get a flat? But perhaps I should start at the beginning. May the Fourth: Calling the Legions of Light This year, 2026, I turned 60 years old. For many decades I have talked about what I would do in my 60th year, if I ever got to it, which I doubted, and here we are. One of the items was that I…

People in this episode

Host: Inelia Benz

Guest: Larry Buzzell

Topics covered

  • travel
  • philosophy
  • life challenges
  • support in adversity
  • personal reflection

Keywords

  • flat tire
  • travel
  • support
  • philosophy
  • personal reflection
  • life challenges
  • May the Fourth

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