A lot of water has gone under the bridge since you last heard from me and an explanation is in order. I have so much to share with you and I hope to find the time to bring the blog up to date ASAP. Our “Internet Anywhere” satellite dish has a couple glitches. Nothing we didn't know about but things we've not had to deal with very often until lately. For one thing, it can’t find the satellite through trees or other obstacles. And, there are few RV parks in this part of the country out in the middle of wide-open spaces like we experienced in Eastern WA, Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas. The people in MN and WI truly LOVE their trees and the shade they provide (absolutely gorgeous country I might add) which is perfectly understandable considering the hot and humid weather they enjoy during the summer. But, it presents a problem for us. Our traveling companions prefer the shade but we need open sky to the south/southeast. In order to please each of us, we sometimes have to park our coach away from the others as it turns out, we are in this particular park. Voila’ … we’re on line again after a ten day “black out.”
Another problem is thunderstorms that invariably include lightning. Phil and I feel like we’re very vulnerable with our big datastorm antenna pointing skyward during one of these light shows so we prudently lower the dish when a storm comes across our path … and that happens a lot in this part of the country. So far, about one a day! As I’m writing this, the rumbling has started (rain and lightning to follow I’m sure) so I’m going to stop for now, post this message and most likely lower the dish. Hopefully, we'll get back online later today. We really don’t want to tempt Mother Nature!
Another problem is thunderstorms that invariably include lightning. Phil and I feel like we’re very vulnerable with our big datastorm antenna pointing skyward during one of these light shows so we prudently lower the dish when a storm comes across our path … and that happens a lot in this part of the country. So far, about one a day! As I’m writing this, the rumbling has started (rain and lightning to follow I’m sure) so I’m going to stop for now, post this message and most likely lower the dish. Hopefully, we'll get back online later today. We really don’t want to tempt Mother Nature!
Note: Lots of love and a big congratulatory hug to my niece Tammy and her fiance' Steve on their recent engagement!
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