Before leaving for a quick getaway last Friday, I had a feeling that my car was due for some trouble. Turns out the feeling was justified this time because my vehicle broke down just outside of Brigham City, on my way home from a weekend of fun.

Being a Sunday, none of the local repair shops were open and tow rates were a healthy $3 a mile (plus a $50 hookup fee). Since Brigham is about 50 miles from Salt Lake, that would have made my tow bill $350 (assuming they bill you for the round-trip miles) to tow the car to a shop near my house.

So I decided to have the car towed to a shop in Brigham and crashed in the Howard Johnson off 1200 South, which turned out to be much less expensive than towing back to SLC.

Everyone I met in Brigham was friendly and genuine, which I thought was noteworthy enough to post about. There’s even a taxi service that will take you anywhere you need to go in town for only $5.