Camping Season Begins: Saturday & Sunday

As we pack up our stuff from a weekend at the trailer in West Virginia, I'm delighted to report that West Virginia's Public Radio Network still doesn't broadcast hourly news --who would want to know what's happening in the outside world anyway?-- and they still have the same local announcer reading the call letters who sounds like he's in his early 120s with a severe speech impediment.

At least we could still get "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me."

Saturday's rest & recreation was delightful. As evidenced by my prior post, the main office had their wifi network active briefly, long enough for me to cut & paste a previously written LJ entry and catch up on e-mail. Alas, the prior walk and photography expedition left me with a mild sunburn on my scalp & face; it's now just sensitive and mildly pink so I doubt there will be any peeling.

The resort organized a potluck dinner at 5 PM; most of the 80+ people around the campground attended. kent4str's chili was a big hit. A slide-show of images from prior seasons were displayed on the big screen television while we ate & drank. I wasn't in any of the photos but there was plenty of embarrassing material for everyone else.

The rain restarted in the evening so we spent much of our time curled up in the trailer, not being anti-social per se but enjoying the solitude of our own company. Sadly, the DVD player seems to be having issues with the audio channels so we were compelled to watch "Babylon 5: Season 4" on kent4str's MacBook. This is our second DVD/CD/radio/television tuner combo unit (a Concertone ZX500) in four years which has a serious mechanical fault. Since the radio & TV parts are still working well --we can't test the CD part for lack of a music CD-- we're considering simply getting a standalone DVD player or a DVD/television combo. That's a low priority anyway.

Among other maintenance duties, there is a light in the sleeping area which seems to have a loose wire. We also noted a few drops of water along the inside of the ceiling fan/vent in the main bedroom Friday evening. We're undecided yet as to whether the force of the wind was blowing raindrops under the vent cover or whether the seal needs to be redone. We'll bring appropriate sealant to deal with that during our next trip, just in case.

Back to the salt mines on Monday... *sigh*

Camping Season Begins: Saturday & Sunday

As we pack up our stuff from a weekend at the trailer in West Virginia, I'm delighted to report that West Virginia's Public Radio Network still doesn't broadcast hourly news --who would want to know what's happening in the outside world anyway?-- and they still have the same local announcer reading the call letters who sounds like he's in his early 120s with a severe speech impediment.

At least we could still get "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me."

Saturday's rest & recreation was delightful. As evidenced by my prior post, the main office had their wifi network active briefly, long enough for me to cut & paste a previously written LJ entry and catch up on e-mail. Alas, the prior walk and photography expedition left me with a mild sunburn on my scalp & face; it's now just sensitive and mildly pink so I doubt there will be any peeling.

The resort organized a potluck dinner at 5 PM; most of the 80+ people around the campground attended. kent4str's chili was a big hit. A slide-show of images from prior seasons were displayed on the big screen television while we ate & drank. I wasn't in any of the photos but there was plenty of embarrassing material for everyone else.

The rain restarted in the evening so we spent much of our time curled up in the trailer, not being anti-social per se but enjoying the solitude of our own company. Sadly, the DVD player seems to be having issues with the audio channels so we were compelled to watch "Babylon 5: Season 4" on kent4str's MacBook. This is our second DVD/CD/radio/television tuner combo unit (a Concertone ZX500) in four years which has a serious mechanical fault. Since the radio & TV parts are still working well --we can't test the CD part for lack of a music CD-- we're considering simply getting a standalone DVD player or a DVD/television combo. That's a low priority anyway.

Among other maintenance duties, there is a light in the sleeping area which seems to have a loose wire. We also noted a few drops of water along the inside of the ceiling fan/vent in the main bedroom Friday evening. We're undecided yet as to whether the force of the wind was blowing raindrops under the vent cover or whether the seal needs to be redone. We'll bring appropriate sealant to deal with that during our next trip, just in case.

Back to the salt mines on Monday... *sigh*

Camping Photos

Here's a few shots of the guys and scenery around Roseland Resort this past weekend, all work-safe.

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Camping Photos

Here's a few shots of the guys and scenery around Roseland Resort this past weekend, all work-safe.

( Click for the shots... )

West Virginia Elections

Our drive to & from the trailer this weekend through West Virginia was highly amusing: there are vast numbers of election campaign signs for local, municipal and statewide offices but none whatsoever for federal offices. Thus, the signs, names and offices changed every half-hour or so as we made our way across the state.

For example, Sandy Holepit is running against Jim Nabors for magistrate. "Sandy Holepit" sounds like a character out of an unpublished Dickens reject; and I thought Jim Nabors was dead. :-)

My favourite though was a chap ironically named Randy Minor running for family court judge. You can't make these things up.

West Virginia Elections

Our drive to & from the trailer this weekend through West Virginia was highly amusing: there are vast numbers of election campaign signs for local, municipal and statewide offices but none whatsoever for federal offices. Thus, the signs, names and offices changed every half-hour or so as we made our way across the state.

For example, Sandy Holepit is running against Jim Nabors for magistrate. "Sandy Holepit" sounds like a character out of an unpublished Dickens reject; and I thought Jim Nabors was dead. :-)

My favourite though was a chap ironically named Randy Minor running for family court judge. You can't make these things up.