We decided to stay put for another day and take care of some projects. I picked the mundane job of laundry - then I had lots of computer projects. Jim decided to tackle the ugly project of checking into why our blackwater has been leaking when we dump. Nasty. So, he took everything apart and saw the problem. If you look closely at the big vertical pipe on the right, you'll see a gap. Jim had to close that gap and reattach the rubber gasket that holds the top and bottom together. It took some doing and I had to crawl under the coach and help at one point - but, he got it all put back together nice and solid. Whew. Shower time :-) hmmmm - I wonder what that would have cost at an RV place?
When he finished the sewer project, Jim was all set to find another motorhome project, but, alas, it was not to be. My computer gave one little hiccup and just went black. I turned it off and turned it back on ... nothing. Hey Jim! I got your next project for you.
Here he is with my computer all apart and blowing out the dust bunnies using an attachment on a scuba tank! -that's how he inflates our tires too. They do get dirty traveling on the road.
After a few hours of Jim's magic, my computer restore CDs and a few incantations - my computer came back to life. So, my project was to make some complete backups ... immediately! I did have backups, but they were a few weeks old.
As it turned out, I had some bad DVDs and the backup process took me a few hours. There goes my time for computer projects. But, I'm thrilled that my computer is back in business. I'm doing enough 'real work' projects these days that I decided it was time for a daily backup process. We like
Karen's Replicator for that. So, there went another couple hours, downloading, installing, setting up and running the backup to my external drive.
I'm going to bed :-) But, I can sleep tight knowing that both our motorhome and my computer are clean and safe.
p.s. If you notice something different about the photos in this post, it's because I downloaded the latest update to Picasa. So, I figured I'd try the 'Blog This' feature again. It works better than it did - but it still won't upload more than 4 photos at once. And, it doesn't let you determine exactly where to upload them to. So, it works - but I still like the blogger way better.
We also took this opportunity to visit some more of Jim's relatives. Jim's Dad grew up in Port Republic and a few aunts, uncles and cousins still live in the area. Yesterday he called Aunt Kay and was happy to find her home - so we went for a visit.
Here's Jim, Uncle Joe, Aunt Kay and Cousin Ray.
I'm going to post two photos here because Uncle Joe looks better in the first one, but Jim and Ray look better in the second. (Aunt Kay just looks good period!) Jim says he's found a program that makes it easy to take one person from a group shot and put him/her in a different group shot. So, here's his challenge - if it works I'll post his fixed picture here.
By the way ... there's a comment to my 
This is when our mild-mannered poodle turns into ....
TA DAAAAAAA
*Kayodie*
What fun. Today was a first ... he stood in his figurehead position for the entire paddle (about an hour) and didn't fall off once. He made it all the way back to shore and jumped off the kayak just as dry as can be.
Ok, it's almost noon. Time to get to work. I promised my client a phone call at 4 today to review my progress on their database project. hmmmmm, noon to 4. I'd say that's a perfect work schedule!
You'd think we ordered this up special for Jimmy's birthday - but, most every night is this good. There were plenty of people here to help celebrate. For those of you who know Jimmy, yes, we had a 
Such a great place. Earlier today Jimmy took us all out in the boat and towed a big 'tube' behind that we got to bounce around on. Should have a video clip of that soon.
The night air was cool, the ocean air was calming. We had a great night. And, we're looking forward to a couple weeks here. I have some Access database work to do for a client in Fort Lauderdale - and we have good cell phone signal and Internet connection here - we're using the Wi-Fi from Jimmy's DSL connection.
Jim will be visiting lots of family and friends.
We even went for a dip in the ocean today. Quite invigorating!
We got up at 6:30 and drove onto skyline drive for photos this morning.
There were deer *everywhere*!
overlooks everywhere
Looking out our front door in the Big Meadows campground.
a short walk from the campground.
Right in the campground.
... for a couple days anyway! (to see the map above, click on the link at right to "where we are right now", then click on the 'satellite' button)
It still amazes - and delights - me that we are equally at home in a parking lot in the middle of a racetrack in Charlotte, NC:
and in a forested campground in Lynchburg, VA.
And, I'm not talking figuratively 'at home'. This literally *is* home. Wherever it happens to be. We love it. I'm tempted to point out that the home in the forest is much more pleasant than the one in the parking lot, but, we had *so* much fun at the FMCA convention that it simply isn't true. We loved that spot in the parking lot. It was very special to be in the infield right next to the entrance. We thrived on giving the seminars and helping people with their WiFi and computers in general. Can't wait to do it again ... see our 
This park - 
It is very quiet and peaceful. And fun ... we're going to go partake of their 59 cent hot dogs right now. Hey Lynne and John, check out the miniature golf! Wish you were here.
Our seminar attendees are happier and better-looking than the average RVer, don't ya think?
If you'd like a copy of any of the seminar handouts, just click on the link below. Please ... they're for personal use only ... if you want to present a seminar - you'll need to hire us!
Unfortunately, this cable was what connected my webhost's servers to the Internet. This is part of the backbone of the Internet. Here is the 
That's a dream come true to have that many people interested in what we have to say. And, they stayed till the end too.
Of course, Jim was really interested in Tom Petty's racecar in the back of the room!
But there's another reason I named this post 'RV Dreamin' and that's because of a web-based radio station that we've recently discovered called 
And, they did end up moving us to the infield after all. Pretty cool. We're right next to the entrance and a very short walk to the Information Center where we'll be running the WiFi hotspot for Road Connect (aka Coach Connect). Click on the image below for a larger version - I put 3 photos together for this one.
We also walked around and checked out the room where we're giving our first seminar. Looks like it's all set up. The FMCA has been doing this for lots of years. They have their act together.
While Jim was setting up the WiFi hotspot, I had time to work a little more on my tutorial videos. I uploaded a couple new ones on 'How to make a Blog'. Check it out at 
The location is the 
We have electricity this time - we made sure of that because we expect it to be hot and we have to leave Odie alone most of the day. If you've never been to a big rally, it's interesting how they can provide electricity. Just take a big field, put portable generators in trailers, and run big cables to outlet stands/portable pedestals.
But, there's no water or sewer hookups. We'll be here for 6 nights so we need to conserve and use facilities outside of the motorhome whenever possible. Here's Odie guarding the door for Jim.
So - we're off today to get setup for the