Staying in Touch on the Road

Gadgets

We have acquired lots of devices to stay in touch while we travel around. First there is the old trusty laptop that is starting to show it’s age by slowing down like the rest of us, but is still a necessary piece of equipment. We do all our banking and bill paying with that. Then we both have IPad2’s that are great for reading email, news, web browsing, and blogs. I have not learned how to post to the blog or do other computing stuff yet so the laptop is not out of a job yet. Then there are the IPhone4’s we each have one of those too. You should see Gorgie she can use both at the same time. In the mornings with a cup of coffee she can play her word games, and read the Columbian online edition at once.  These devices are all connected to the internet with the Verizon MIFI 4510L, it has a built in router, we can both be online at the same time with no problems, of course the IPhones don’t always need to be connected to the MIFI but upgrades and some downloads go faster if they are. Oh and let’s not forget the little dumb phone that is now our “house phone”, (we don’t have wired phone at home anymore). We don’t get many calls on that, and it will go away soon enough.

Sunset on the Colorado River

Gary and Melissa visited yesterday afternoon, we met them in Texas last winter, they are staying in Quartzsite and dropped by to say hello. They are very nice people and it was good to see them and their new puppy “Tucson”. Thanks for coming by Gary and Melissa.

 

 

Rainbow yesterday morning

We had some clouds the night before last, no rain, but we spotted this rainbow shortly after dawn, lovely, lovely.

Today we are sitting out looking at the river enjoying the sun and basking in the 80 degree temperature. Life is good, we miss everyone and wish you all could be here with us.

More Later,

Rich