Woke up this morning at 9:15 without a plan in my brain. It was cool out but not a cloud in the sky. Always love the Sun 🌞 Thought we would just stick around home and do a few projects.
After a leisurely breakfast, Nick went for a five mile run while I played around with the new toy I bought last year but never used. It's a cable to go from your HDMI slot on your TV to the slot in your cellphone so you can watch streaming from apps on your phone.
There are places I go that are too far from a TV tower to pick-up local channels and I've always missed "Survivor" on those occasions.
Today is the day to stop that. I downloaded the NBC app and logged into my Dish account and before I knew it I had "Survivor" up and running on the cellphone.
Then I tried plugging in the cable thinking it would miraculously work, but all I got was No Signal😡 Finally, Nick came home around noon for the rescue. After tinkering with it and doing a little research we found that I had missed a few pop-ups on my phone that needed to be handled before I was allowed in. Voila! I now have CBS on the TV in wide screen 😀
If you wondered why I didn't just use the local on Dish well there is a problem there. You can only get local stations by letting Dish know where you live and they switch you to the nearest local city. If I do that, Dolly loses her local channels on Dish because it's out of her area. Then I get a mad phone call from Dolly because she is missing "Survivor".😱 Certainly, can't have that!
It was getting close to 2 o'clock and the weather was nice out so I asked Nick if he wanted to drive west of Tucson to the Kitt Peak National Observatory since we won't be heading for Ajo from here once we leave.
He was up to it so off we went to Kitt Peak . It was around 2 o'clock by this time, so were going to have to hurry to make the 140 mile round trip before dark.
Here are the pictures of our drive.
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| Heading west on Hwy 86 towards Ajo. Kitt Peak dead ahead. |
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| Beautiful view! |
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| Who is that guy! 😱 |
It sounds like a wonderful day, even though it started with no plan. Those are fantastic photos on Kitt Peak. A good place to visit. Good to get your TV streaming working.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dolly. With our change in plans I don't think we would hVe made it there so I'm glad Nick had a chance to see it. Hope the cable works when I need it.
DeleteKitt Peak is always a great destination, even when the road is 'closed'. That's one awesome Saguaro ... so many arms. WOW!
ReplyDeleteIt is a nice place to go. Wonder how that guy is. I thought it was beautiful too.
DeleteI love the Saguaro in your second picture. The more arms, the more I like them. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhy was it closed? You had no problem getting in but I'm glad you didn't end up in the 'caboose'. :)
That is a magnificent saguaro. Glad I caught the picture. The peak is closed due to Covid.
DeleteI enjoyed your photos from your drive up to Kitt Peak. Brought back good memories for me.
ReplyDeleteThank you Al. It is a neat drive and I am glad I could share it with Nick.
DeleteReservations? I didn't know you had to have reservations! That's on my to-do list. Good thing you have Nick with you to sort out those technical things. I'd be lost for sure.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both. Comes naturally to the kids. It is only closed due to Covid and will open someday again.
DeleteWe've seen Kitt Peak from the road but never driven up there, so thanks for the ride along! Of course leaving at 2:00 I would have waited until today LOL. Love turkey burgers!
ReplyDeleteYou can park the MH at the bottom and take the Jeep up. That's what I did the first time. I had never heard of turkey burgers till Nick brought them. Good thing they cook just like hamburgers because I had no clue (:
DeleteSounds like you had a pretty good day! Got the TV set up and ready to go they got a trip to Kitt peak! Looked pretty cool!!
ReplyDeleteYep we had a nice day. Long drive but Nick likes driving the Jeep🙂
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