The day before yesterday we acquired\nour new trailer brake controller and plugged it into the existing\ntrailer brake wiring in the truck. As far as we could tell, it seemed\nto work. We made extensive reservations at RV parks along our\nnorthward route in expectation of a trouble-free passage. After all,\nwe had a new brake controller, a very recently serviced F-250 and a\ntrailer that had just departed from its yearly maintenance. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tHowever, once we got out on the\nhighway and actually putting the brakes to the test, cryptic L.E.D.\ndisplays would appear on the controller although it worked well\nenough. Referring to the instructions that came with the controller,\nwe found that the mysterious displays had corresponding messages\nprinted in the instructions that were just as undecipherable,\nstartling and totally useless to common folks like us. Before I get\ninto any challenging driving, I will need to get the trailer to a\nrepair facility so smarter folks can exorcise the demons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe left Wilderness Lakes in Menifee\nthis morning and drove north through Angeles National Forest lands up\nI-215 & I-15 until we got pretty close to a place called Cajon\nJunction. We then turned northwest on CA-138, skirting the San\nGabriel Mountains, until we got to Acton and pulled into the Soledad\nCanyon Thousand Trails facility. It rained quite a bit more than\nnormal in this desert this year and the campground is now two\nseparate campgrounds because runoff lahars took out the campground\nroad. We pulled into a spot and set up in the warm temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tSoledad Canyon TT is sort of run-down\nand one entire campground loop with about 50 or 75 spaces is closed\nentirely. Power from the park’s pedestals is iffy and those pedestals\nwithout power are not marked so we relied on some neighboring campers\nwho directed us to a spot where someone had just departed and they\nhad been using the park’s power. Lots of pinon pines, oaks and\ncottonwood trees here but if it wasn’t for irrigation and the\nadjacent Santa Clara River, this would be a dusty gravel lot with\nnice restrooms, shower facilities, pools, a pond, adult and kid\ncenters, no Wifi and lots of desert dwellers. Some have teeth. \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The day before yesterday we acquired our new trailer brake controller and plugged it into the existing trailer brake wiring in the truck. As far as we could tell, it seemed to work. We made extensive reservations at RV parks … Continue reading