Thursday November 28th 2024

Happy Thanksgiving!

I christened the kitchen and dinning area of my base camp today. I took the opportunity of the holiday celebration to cook a significant meal for one. A turkey breast with a few of my favorite sides were the object of my cooking adventure. It went well. With more prep space than my RV home, I could actually use more pots and pans to do more in parallel. Overall it was a good meal and I have plenty of leftovers for the next few days.

The Amazon delivery drivers, UPS drivers and Fed X drivers all now my base camp well now. I have gotten one thing or another delivered each day the past week. Today was the first day without a delivery, but I got one delivery at 6:30 last night and have another scheduled for tomorrow. Most of the deliveries have been little things like place mats for my table and an indoor TV antenna. The antenna was an experiment that proved to be successful. I get better reception with the indoor antenna than the old outside pole mounted antenna even with a powered booster.

The biggest delivery was a recliner from Wayfair. The UPS delivery guy got it in the door for me and I was able to assemble it in short order. It is good to have that purchase complete. The most impressive delivery was last night’s. I got another one of the photos I took on the Rambling Road Trip printed on canvas. This is a very large picture of a desert landscape at Lost Dutchmen State Park in Apache Junction Arizona. I had it printed at 30×40. It may be too big for my living room, but I don’t mind. It is a beautiful landscape.

The cable guy is scheduled for tomorrow. The plan is to get internet installed at the base camp, not TV. The internet connection will fill the connectivity gap and also satisfy most of my TV entertainment needs. I still have my Directv subscription for my RV home and it is accessible over the internet. Up until now I’ve been using cellular data to stay connected, but that is both slow and limited.