Re: Road Trip Question
Put into your car a good pair of needle nose pliers and a tire plug kit.
If you have an object puncture your tire simply remove the object with the needle nose pliers and proceed with the instructions on the tire plug kit.
These kits generally come with six or more plugs and the tool and cement to insert them. After the roadside plug repair use your air pump to fill the tire and then head to a facility to have the tire inspected or possibly patched from the inside.
That fix a flat crap is the end of a good tires life.