Jim decided to make a couple tweaks to the Wi-Fi system and one thing leads to another. Then, we can't leave until we see that everything is stable. So, we're still here. I'm starting to feel like I'm in 'Groundhog Day'. Geeeeezz .... it's only been 7 days Chris! Think of when you lived in a house - you woke up to the same view every day for years.

With his new computer Jim is spending almost as much time at the computer as me! Now he actually has enough space to use some of this software. Under his left hand is a CD case with over 50 CDs of almost everything that Microsoft makes. Oh Boy!!



Here's Tom. He came over for Jim to check out a couple things on his computer before he left the park. Nice guy. Retired Graphic Design professor from University of Washington at Pullman. He was happy to run into us - he hadn't used Wi-Fi yet - but during the conversation we learned that he plans to 'winter' in Palm Creek RV Resort in Arizona. We told him that park has the Coach Connect Wi-Fi too - so he took the plunge - signing up for 6 months! He's looking for something to do in his retirement. I told him that web design would be the logical choice if he could just get a good web connection!



I'm sooooo glad that Odie takes us out for a walk a couple times a day. Otherwise all we would see is our computer screens! And, look at these views.



I've actually taken some time to read a book! A book that we've carried with us in the motorhome so you know it's special - we gave hundreds of them to Goodwill when we sold the house. I've had it for years and never read it ... you know how that goes ... someday ... Well, someday arrived. It was written by a friend of mine, David Fenimore, who I worked for when I lived in Incline Village at Lake Tahoe. He owned a restaurant - the Stereoscope Cafe - and I was a cook! Apparently he was an avid bicycler - I didn't know that at the time. The book is "Bicycling Across America", a journal of the 2 1/2 months that he and his wife Nanci spent on their bicycles peddling from Oceanside, California to Bar Harbor, Maine. 4,658 miles. I recognized some of the places. They passed thru Hutchinson, Kansas where we spent a week at the Great North American RV Rally. They also spent a day in Hannibal, Missouri enjoying the Mark Twain memorabilia, as did we. David writes so well - I wonder if he's written anything else.

I remember David and Nanci's wedding in the woods by Lake Tahoe in 1981. I think I heard they are split up now. I hope I get to see one or both of them when we're there.

People in Tahoe are generally in better physical condition than the rest of the world. Just living there, at 6,000 feet, is an aerobic exercise. But, bicycling across America! It made me tired just reading it! Actually it made me feel slothfull for sitting in my cozy camper, with a beer, reading a book instead of being outside walking, surfing, biking or hiking in the mountains.

Maybe when we get to Tahoe we'll get some exercise.

Boy that was a really good beer though. If you ever see Alaskan Summer Ale - get it!



p.s. I decided google for David Fenimore (what took me so long?) and the first entry is 'David Fenimore's Home Page'. I'd heard he was teaching at University of Nevada at Reno - so I'm sure this is him.

Cool

I also googled Nanci and found a reference to Vail Colorado, a VP and Controller for a Ski Resort. When I knew her she was controller at a Tahoe ski resort, so that's probably her.

Is the Internet amazing or what?!?!