The 6am train rattled the coach and woke Zin causing the roust of the the parental crew. The team was informed that the Laundry room was prime wifi territory. With this info, 2 bags of dirties were packed as well as all the laptops so that the most could be made out of the hours it would take to complete the laundry, as well as any uploading and blog posts. The laundry needed Loonies (Canadian Dollars) and quarters. Kevin and Theresa had not exchanged any money so had no loonies (at least Canadian ones). The clerk however informed the two that the ATM would be open at 10 AM, it was currently 8:30 am. The two wifi hogs took over the single table and 2 chairs in the laundry room and proceeded to dominate all bandwidth in the providence. At 10 Am Kevin was challenged to obtain the 2.75 for a wash and 4 loonies for the dry cycles that were needed for 2 loads of soiled cloths, sheets and towels accumulated over the last 5 days. Kevin inserted his card and was asked if he wanted more than the default $20 and he was informed that that was the max that the machine had. Agnes, the camp manager, announced that that Kevin was performing the last ATM transaction for the season, and there was no more money in the machine! Good thing that was all that was needed! Whew!
Back in the laundry there was a total of 4 machines, 2 had 'out of order' signs posted, one looked like had been there a very long time and had standing water in it. The 2 functioning machines were loaded and loonies and quarters were inserted as well and detergent. One of the machines started as expected, yet the other had a light showing it was started yet no water was heard. Kevin discovered that if he pressed a bit on the lower right corner of the lid the machine began functioning. “just needs some weight on it” he said. Theresa placed her computer bag on the corner and wha-la the machine continued to run, that was solved !
All was working well on the wifi for about 2 hours, as pics were uploaded and posts were made. Then without warning in mid picture uploads all came to a screeching halt!
Kevin informed office staff of the issue and Agnes' broken english reply was “I don't know what to do about it”, “wifi is no good in the mountains”. “Wifi satellite wait for storm to pass then maybe wifi”.
One of the dryers did not dry completely so another 4 loonies were deposited while continuing to wait for the wifi to come back on line. Finally after 2 hours Therese checked and the crew was back in business, “wifi Good Now”! All laundry was done and, it was still raining!
As Kevin waited, he checked the retirement 401k. Over two years of gains have been wiped out in less than 2 weeks. Arggh. Theresa must go back to work, and she needs to work harder than ever before to make up for what the stock market has done. Or perhaps Kevin needs to stop spending so much on drones and toys and go back to work himself! Who is the last to edit and post... so there! Kevin gets to embellish (and always gets the last word) so he suggests maybe someone would hire him for drone fly overs while Theresa works 8 – 12 hours consulting and making real money. speaking of Real money... Kevin could sell many of his toys to cover RV adventures for many years. Hah who does the final post!
As Kevin waited, he checked the retirement 401k. Over two years of gains have been wiped out in less than 2 weeks. Arggh. Theresa must go back to work, and she needs to work harder than ever before to make up for what the stock market has done. Or perhaps Kevin needs to stop spending so much on drones and toys and go back to work himself! Who is the last to edit and post... so there! Kevin gets to embellish (and always gets the last word) so he suggests maybe someone would hire him for drone fly overs while Theresa works 8 – 12 hours consulting and making real money. speaking of Real money... Kevin could sell many of his toys to cover RV adventures for many years. Hah who does the final post!
As evening approached Kevin reluctantly set up the grill in the rain so that the Filet mignon (Thanks to Dave Parker) could be prepared for the evening meal. The never ending showers did subside for a brief time allowing the steak to be cooked. Once the delectable delight was consumed Kevin put away the grill and Theresa cleaned up inside so that an early morning retreat could be made from the ever rising waters that surrounded the Smitanic. A constant stream of weary RV travelers arrived and filled every available empty site in the flood planes.
The rain continued into the night as trains periodically rattled the sides of the RV disturbing the tenuous slumber of the two weary travelers, longing for more conducive weather to finish their Canadian Adventure.
That camera on the drone takes incredible videos! I don't think Kevin will have to work as a Walmart greeter to upgrade it.
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