June 29, 2005
Paul’s home
Denver Colorado

Good ride up to Denver made two images I like. I pulled into Denver as night fell when suddenly my trailer lights and trailer brakes failed. Great! Denver I- 25 traffic it’s getting dark and I have no trailer light plus no trailer brakes. As panic set in I took stock of all I have learned about the trailer and decided the only cause could be a blown fuse so I relaxed and tried to find a place to stop and then I’d fix it. No rooms at the inn! Called the trailer park in Golden and got their machine talken about night reservations. Okay there is night reservations so I sped over as darkness slowly engulfed the lightless trailer. Arrived to their full sign and it was dark. Paul came and met me and we pulled into a no parking area and went to work. The fuse was the problem. I’m really not so smart but remembered that when we reconnected the trailer battery after installing the benches someone…I wonder who… connected the battery backwards and had quite a spark then re connected it correctly (and in the process blowing the fuse which we didn’t snap to) so for the last few days the lights and brakes worked as they discharged the trailer battery. But by Denver it went dead and so did the lights and brakes. Anyway problem fixed and we headed over to Paul’s. Parked the trailer in front of his house in the hood and drank polish vodka until sleep or some form of unconsciousness took over and all was well. Now to head over to the salvage yard and find that allusive gas part. Pick up Jesse and head off down the road.