Yesterday we had to move out of Cabin #18 where we had been staying for the last two weeks and had pretty good internet connection and great cell connection (I now see, I didn’t think so at the time). Poor Ray has to do so much work to pack us up and unpack us out of the car again into the new temporary cabin. Thank goodness Katy stayed to help us before she left for home. Part of the deal up here at Wood’s Lodge is that you have to clean the cabin when you leave it.

It’s difficult to get a cabin at Wood’s Lodge for long chunks of time. Due to indecision about where to vacation we hadn’t made our reservations until the last moment. Because we love the cabins at Lake George, we took the deal offered us when I called a couple of weeks ago:  First two weeks – Cabin 18 (we love this cabin). One night in Cabin 4 (not so great). This last week in Cabin 19. We have never been in Cabin 19 before. It’s nice enough, the view is incredible, but the internet and cell suck because Cabin 19 is situated down lower, closer to the lake. We are spoiled and trying to adjust our attitudes to the fact that we don’t have good reception so we can see and appreciate where we are.

Last night’s stay in Cabin 4 was an experience we aren’t used to, or maybe have just never been aware of before. There was a fly population that seemed to be multiplying by the minute, a larger than usual huge black ant community moving in, and a very curious, skittish mouse, or was it two or three mice, I don’t know. Whether it was one or a few mice, it/they were moving at a jerky but speedy pace and quite cunning and agile in its/their lightening speed dashes from somewhere in the kitchen, possibly from under the stove, into the living room, and under the makeshift couch I was on. My feet were up on the coffee table, while Ray was asleep in the bedroom.

This morning the move from Cabin #4 to #19 went smoothly. We were turning the key in our new cabin just before 11am. After trying to make a nest for ourselves by moving chairs, tables and couches to suit our comfort, and best viewing possibilities, we set up our computers. That’s when we first realized we would not have the kind of internet connection we’d had the last couple of weeks. (Mind you the internet connection we had the last two weeks was, on a connection speed scale of 1 – 10, a 3. We didn’t know how lucky we’d been. Our speed here in Cabin 19 is 1.)

What’s interesting is noticing how emotionally “connected” I am to being connected by cell and the internet. Ray and I usually come up here and read (read a lot), hike, play sudoku, go out to dinner and drive and explore the neighboring areas. We have eaten out only once since we arrived 14 days ago, we have hiked about 4 times, played golf once and basically stayed inside the cabin……I’m playing with my camera photographing the porch side birds and squirrels, working on my computer with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, dealing with questions and answers and a lot of learning curve stuff with my new website, playing Word Twist on Facebook, cooking and talking on the phone.

Tomorrow we go to Bodie, an old gold mining town off hwy 395 north of Lee Vining. Can’t wait to see it again, hopefully with new eyes as I’ll be bringing my camera gear.

Tuesday we’ll play golf on a really pretty course here in Mammoth called Sierra Star. We drove by some of the holes and noticed how tight the fairways are. Should be interesting.

It’s very windy here and a bit chilly in the cabin. I’ve heard the heat down south is pretty bad, so I feel fortunate to be here in Mammoth.

Ray and I are laughing a lot. I like that. I like laughing.