Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Internet in National Parks

We don't have cell service, but we do have internet. Gosh we love this satellite dish! In both Kings Canyon and in Sequoia National Parks we had sites that had enough space through the trees to allow for a connection. Since we have no electric hookups, we've turned the generator on to raise the dish, we leave it up, and connect whenever we turn the generator on. We tend not to leave the generator on for long. Long enough for me to upload pictures, organize them, recharge batteries (camera and RV), check emails, research future travels, etc. But this morning we decided to spend a little time online - allowing me to post. Jim and Chris had mentioned this secret to us before (saving time raising and lowering the dish unnecessarily), and I just noticed they reminded us of it a few posts ago.

It's nice to at least have email-access since we don't have cell service. At least we can communicate this way. This has been especially helpful trying to plan for my girlfriends' visit this afternoon.

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