We've been trying to listen to the morning cruiser's net on VHF radio. It's a way for the cruisers in Ensenada to communicate needs, events, and otherwise be sociable. We hadn't heard anything in a week, had assumed that everyone had dropped off. Doug's the net control (host) for Monday mornings, he started off, didn't hear anyone check in, so assumed no one was there and signed off. Peter, one of our neighbours and radio experts, ran over to say something's wrong, we're all here. Turns out the volume on the radio had gotten turned down, so everyone could hear us, but we couldn't hear them. Doug got back on and finished the net with egg on his face, but had a good laugh at himself. Once a bozo...
We finally got far enough down in the todo list that we pestered the guy who does higher speed internet on the docs again. He took our information, he did program his equipment, but never let us know he had. Doug checked yesterday, saw we had signal, and now has it set up with our external antenna/signal booster and on board wifi. Cindy can watch "Bones" again, and we don't have to go up to the office to make cheap phone calls and download updates for the devices. It also cuts out the major part of our phone bills (data plan). Near as we can tell, we're down to about $50US/month for unlimited internet on the boat, cell phone coverage, and unlimited phone and text between us. We pay by the minute for outgoing calls, but a lot less expensive than our old Verizon plan. Ya'll know you can still call us on our old US numbers, right? Sorry, text messaging from the US still doesn't work, so we get to hear the sound of your voice.
Big shout out to our nephews and nieces. Kyle and Shannon Monroe just gave birth to a healthy baby boy, and along Daniel and Keisha Lira celebrated third wedding anniversaries. Getting to see them married was on Doug's mother's bucket list. We just celebrated 26 years in May, keep the adventures coming.
Blessings to all.
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