Tuesday August 2nd 2017

It was another sunny day in the mid 90s with low humidity. For the second day in a row I didn’t do anything particularly blog worthy. I’m ready to move on, which is exactly what I am going to do tomorrow.

View across the range to the west in the hazy setting sun.

I spent today doing various chores around the RV and getting ready to move on tomorrow. One task I accomplished that is a little outside the norm is uploading the pictures I’ve taken since the beginning of the year. This campground has very good wireless internet access. A speed test shows a transfer rate around 20MB/sec which is very good. I usually see internet speeds in campground around 1MB/sec. My 4G cellular data rates are better than many campgrounds, but I have a data cap so I don’t like to use it to upload pictures.

Today I uploaded more than 3500 images that I have taken since the beginning of the year. I take lots of pictures to record my experiences. I select a few to be used in this blog. I use Google Photos to store the photos in the cloud. It is easy to use from my smart phone and only a little more complicated from my laptop. I don’t rely exclusively on Google to retain the photos. I have all the files on my laptop and I also keep copies of the files on two portable backup drives.

I have enjoyed this campground, but not necessarily the area. The campground staff works hard to keep the campground clean and looking nice. They check every site after the visitors leave and clean the fire pit as necessary. Every day they setup sprinklers to water the grass between sites. They move them around every couple of hours. It’s working. The grass between the sites is a deep green. It looks like they had some nice flower gardens earlier in the year, but the plants are passed blooming now.