We are near Newport, Oregon, at the TTN Whaler's Rest Resort. The last couple of weeks have caused me to review our requirements for four major items: sewer, satellite TV, Internet access, and Verizon phone service.
Having a sewer connection at our camping site becomes a requirement in about 7 days. That is the time it takes us to fill one of our three holding tanks: black water, grey water, or galley. We can get along for a while with collecting our waste water in those tanks when we have no connection. In fact, we get pretty good about conserving our capacity. But being cheap, when one or more fill, I move the rig to someplace with a dump rather than pay for the service to come by and dump us (usually at $5 a tank). So, on longer stays we need to find a full-hookup site with a sewer connection. On shorter stays I can dump on the way out of the camp.
At TTN Chehalis we started at a site with a satellite TV signal then moved our rig to a site with a sewer connection. We had to wait four days for one to become available.
But when we moved to obtain sewer, we gave up our satellite TV connection. I thought I could see the satellite, but the trees across the street were just too high, and I could not get positioned to focus the signal through one of the small holes in the leaf cover. So we did a week without TV. That was a little boring, and we missed a Nascar race and part of a convention, but we survived by keeping up on the events of the day using Internet.
While in Washington, we upgraded our Verizon phones and 5spot wireless router to Samsung Galaxy S III phones and a new JetPack. It offers 4G service and lots of nice apps. So our Internet experience was pleasant. It helped us do without the TV.
When we moved to Whaler's Rest we found a spot with a sewer connection and a good view of the southeast sky for satellite TV. What we did not realize was that this park is in a Verizon Dead Zone, and we are without Internet or phone unless we drive 5 miles into Newport. There is Internet at the Clubhouse, but it is relatively slow, and there is no phone service (at least for us). So we are learning to live without Internet and phone in our rig. Very Inconvenient.
It is sometimes difficult to find a perfect campsite with all the amenities we want, but what the heck, someone has to live this lifestyle. We can always move.
sam
I believed I could see the satellite TV, but the plants across the road were just too high, and I could not get placed to concentrate the indication through one of the small gaps in the foliage protect.
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