June 8…. Aahhhhh! (a giant sigh of contentment)

We left Oregon this morning and moved to a site in Crescent City, California. The campground we were staying at back in Oregon was Lake Selmac County Park, outside Selma.

A very pretty campground on a nice lake. Huge private campsite surrounded by large trees, including a few redwoods.

And NO cell service. So no TV, no internet, no news, no nothing.

I grew up without a cellphone and never saw the internet till I was in my thirties. But how quickly that all can change. Today, we take for granted the instant communication and information we carry in our pockets. We all have experience putting that away and disconnecting for a few hours. Maybe a day. Do that for a week and you quickly find out how much you’ve come to depend on it.

Need a weather report? Too bad.

Need a map? Too bad.

Need to pay a bill? Too bad.

Want to look up a fact or definition? Not today.

TV shows or social media? Nope.

It seems like every few seconds we reached for a phone to check or do something and then Doh! Nope.

All we had to do was drive a mile down the road and there was enough signal to do any of those things, but then you’re sitting in the truck on the side of the road, and who wants to do that for very long?

After reaching our new location today, one of the first tasks we accomplished after setting up the camper was to get all of our devices reattached to the internet.

Aahhhh! Digital domain, I missed you so!