Star Choice anyone???

Tonight I decided to pack up all my new Star Choice portable equiptment and head out to the RV at our KOA and see if I could find an electronic signal to pick up and maybe catch something on the tube. Took about 12 minutes to get the satelite set up on our new tripod, and then hook up the receiver to the TV. Then I went to grab the remote to turn on the recevier to try and line up for a signal, only to figure out I did not bring a remote, so a quick trip back to the house to get the remote and back to the KOA..... :-((

When I got back and turned on the receiver and went to adjust the dish, it took 30 seconds and I had a signal that registered 95%, one of the highest I have ever obtained in the 2 times I have tried this, and presto the Blue Jays were trying to beat Tampa Bay on TSN! (even though the dish appears to be pointed right into a great big tree....go figure....) Gotta love it. Sure is easy to line up when you follow directions and gain a bit of knowledge of how Star Choice (now Shaw Direct) works....

Next is to sign up for our satelite internet to see if I can get it going....one thing at a time...

How life changes, when we hit the road we will have the following:

Satelite Internet

Satelite TV

Satelite XM Radio

Satelite GPS systems...(2)

Get the picture here, just like 10 years ago or so, we had none of these creature comforts....

That is it for tonight....sorry no cute pictures.....

A pack and ride type of weekend

Spent most of today packing the house...(again...) it is starting to show progress, but I will be glad when it is all done. Lots of boxes, I don't know where all the stuff came from.... Keep smiling Kristina, your turn is coming....

When we were not packing, we were riding our motorcycles. Took an all day ride with Angella and Dave on Saturday and went to Kilarnay for Fish and Chips...it was good. Weather started out real bad but got better as the day went on. Here are some pics....

David is getting ready to take some pics...

Here is a couple of bike chicks....look pretty happy for lousy weather...

Of course we had to stop for ice cream....(actually, we stopped twice!)

We finally made it to Kilarney, see the nice sky!

Of course we found the fish and chips!

Lots of boats up in Kilarnay
This was a real neat boat that was tied up...

This pic is from today when we went up to the falls at Bracebridge:

Beautiful day!

This guy was having fun at the falls in his sail kyack or whatever it is...

That is it for today, sure was fun reading Emmie's blog today and seeing how she was the life of the parties for Canada Day and the 4th of July.....must be nice to get to celebrate both!

Where did we go????

Holy cow.... time passes very quickly and before you know it you have not even filed a blog for like 2 weeks.... yes, our computer still works...

We have been busy packing of course, so have not taken very many pictures of that as it is not much fun. Hope Kristina has lots of room cause we keep packing stuff....yikes...

We are getting close, and hope to load it all in a great big truck and roll on down to Woodstock and just hit the "dump" button on the truck and leave a big heap on their front lawn.... :-))

Today, we are taking some time away from packing and going on a motorcycle ride with Dave and Angella. Hopfully the weather gets better.

Last Saturday we went to Angella's surprise (well, almost...) 50th birthday party, and yes, it was a bit of a blast. 90 people or so showed up and there was a bit of food and drink...

Forgot the camera for that one, so no pics of everyone sitting around eating and drinking and just having fun. It was a great day, and we enjoyed! It seemed the more I drank, the more I enjoyed....hmmmm.....go figure.....

Cannot fail to mention July 1st. Canada Day of course... We spent most of the day packing again....oh well, it is comming to an end. Went to bike night with Dave and Angella and then drove the bikes around the Port Carling loop.

Anyways, gonna get Judy up out of bed, have breakfast and head out.