My daughter and I were on our last leg of a year long journey of driving across the country, our last leg would have us drive from Boise Idaho to Boston, Ma. We were excited to see the upper half of the the United States and Montana in particular. We were 10 miles outside of Bannock when our Jeep decided it wanted to rest. If you ever have the unfortunate occurrence of breaking down in Bannock, first be thankful that you are have a beautiful state to look out your window while you await for help, and secondly hope you have a signal available to get that help. Well we had a wonderful view to look at unfortunately we did not have a signal at all to ask for help. We were fortunate in having a sheriff drive by and find us...he was able to request help for us and that came in the name of Brandon owner of Turney Repair and Towing. Brandon was able to get our Jeep going but immediately we knew that while it was drive able something was not right so we followed him back to his garage in Dillion about 30 minutes away. Here it was 6pm at night when he should be home with his family but instead he took the time and expertise to examine our Jeep and chase the problem, and chase he did, diagnostically he was able to pin point the issue, an electrical problem with the door system that triggered the gearbox module. But such a repair could only be taken care of at a Jeep dealership and the closest one for us was in Bozeman which was a 100 miles away, so here we were 7pm at night and Brandon, called in Chris his assistant to tow us to Bozeman that very night and then take us to a hotel, Chris a 19 old man who was equally kind and generous with his time sharing stories about the famous ghost of Dillion and the local old orphanage that is still haunted.
At any time Brandon could have stepped back and said not my problem but he didn't, he was a gentleman of the highest degree. We don't ask for misfortune to happen to us, that is just part of life, but it is the people you come across during that period that leave the greatest impact on you. People like the sheriff who stopped to help (I wish I had gotten his name) and people like Brandon and Chris that replenish your faith in the goodness and kindness of those who were once strangers but who are forever known as those angels among us.
The last bit of advice I would part with all those reading this...invest in a Triple AAA membership at the Plus level it is one piece of insurance that truly comes in when you need it. read more
