We left Cheyenne on Thursday about 1:00 and spent that night, as I mentioned, in a KOA cabin in Raton. We got to my folks house east of ABQ Friday around 2:00 p.m. We rested and visited until Tuesday. I'll post about the great experience of Tinkertown later.
This morning, Tuesday, we headed out for the drive to Terlingua. We stopped for gas at Clines Corners, east of ABQ on I-40. After leaving Clines Corners, my car started behaving oddly, lurching like it's power was momentarily cut. This happened repeatedly, about 3 seconds apart. We thought that it was bad gas, and topped off the tank in Roswell. No change. We began considering a plugged fuel filter or a computer failure. On we drove to Carlsbad, where we were going to briefly meet up with my sister. Along the way we put dri-gas and fuel injector cleaner in my tank. Still no difference. Dave drove my car to experience the problem. While he was driving he felt the one of the trailer brakes lock up.
I called the dealership that had done the 100,000 mile service on my car. They confirmed that the fuel pump had been changed and reminded me that a computer problem would register a check engine light.
After many more miles of a bucking car, Dave saw the trailer brakes lock up and leave a skid. We were dumbfounded, since we'd disconnected the trailer power from my car. It occurred to me to phone the RV place in Cheyenne that installed the brake controller. The man I spoke to knew instantly what the trouble was - there's a battery on the trailer with an emergency switch that is to come on if the trailer cuts loose from car. If that happens the brakes come on to keep the trailer from going on down the road. I disconnected that battery and five minutes later, no more issues!
We arrived at the property about 8:30 p.m. Eleven hours after leaving my folks' house and very, very tired. (But, as we discovered the next day, with a flat tire.)
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| The first (of many, I'm sure) flat tire. A long spine punctured it. |
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