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was very excited to be changing locations, even though it's
only 15 miles from where I've been since December. But the weather
is getting consistently nicer and it's time I start exploring
other areas as I work on my new site (www.MaliasMiles.com).
Emigrant Lake is a really nice county park with a small new
RV campground right on the lake. Every site offers great views
of the lake and mountains. It's nice to be somewhere more out
in the open with greater space between sites where the stars
and moon are better visible. Once again I was reminded that
one of the things I treasure most about RVing is always having
the comfort and familiarity of home while being able to change
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is my current view looking out from my RV door. I just love
having a lake as my backyard! This is a GREAT bird watching
area and that's always one of my favorite nature shows. I've
watched ospreys hover attentively high above the lake, then
dive-bomb into the water, most of the time emerging carrying
fish in their claws celebrating with a victory cry as they fly
over my house. |
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The
water is mirror-like calm in the early morning, and the low
whispy clouds still hanging low on the mountains are some
of my favorite things to see to wake me up.
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However,
my neighbors tell me this is a popular lake for water skiing
in the late summer, so the quiet doesn't last. I was also
surprised to hear that the temperatures reach into the 100's
in August. I'm really ready for some warmer weather about
now. It feels like it's been forever since I've been comfortable
without at least a sweater.
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It
took me a while, but I finally got the satellite up
& running.
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This
is the view of my house from the upper tier of sites.
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moved here on Thursday, but I didn't get online until Friday
afternoon. Even though I thought I had everything right, I just
couldn't even get a hint of a signal. I was having fits making
sure I had the right coordinates and settings again & again,
adjusting, sweeping, adjusting again, sweeping again, until
I was dizzy. The Align-A-Site was happy and all its bubbles
were level and I still was getting nothing on the OPI meter.
Only my aggravation had reached peak level, so I rechecked all
the connections again before I gave in to the temptation to
toss the whole kit & kaboodle in the lake. That's when I
realized I had crossed the in/out wires going into the modem.
As soon as that was fixed, I got a signal right where I was
without even moving it a bit. Like most other things in life,
it's amazing how well things work when the wires aren't crossed!
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more pics and info on Emigrant Lake's RV park, see my Malia's
Miles pages. |
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