John, Carol, Caitlin and Justice (the cat) left today for Big Bend National Park. They weren't in a hurry as they were only driving 250 miles, so they finished packing this morning, spent a bit of time saying good-bye to people, and hitched up. That's when the fun started. The brake controller for the trailer brakes wouldn't activate the trailer brakes. Lots of fiddling, a call to the brake controller company and still no brakes. At this point the guys decided the brake controller was broken and a new one was needed. Luckily, they decided to call around to see who carried that brand of brake controller before they drove off. After the 3rd phone call a dealer was found but no one was available to check the brake controller till one o'clock. At this point Ed decided to take the cover off the brake controller and have a look. Turned out the brake controller was fine, the plastic wheel that change the settings was broken. The brake controller was set appropriately, installed in the truck and tested. Yeah!!! it worked. John, Carol, Caitlin and Justice departed two hours late but it was only 11:50.

Ed and I left shortly after to run some errands and when we returned a couple of hours later I was very sad to see the empty spot where John, Carol, Caitlin and Justice's trailer had been.

Plans for going home have been made, reservations booked and stocking up has started. Won't be long and we'll be on the road heading home.