A Much Better Day!

Today was a VERY good day! We were pretty much down to very few alternatives: give up on trying to use our aircard and use the internal one that came with the new computer (which would mean a new account and charges from AT&T); go back to the AT&T retail store and try and see if a different air card would work; or take the darn thing back to Costco!

Forry convinced me that we should try the AT&T retail store first. Back we went; different clerk; he wanted to download the software again; did listen to me, checked and found that what we had downloaded yesterday was newer than what they had in the store; tried a new USB air card which downloads its own drivers, etc. without a CD. We waited until it did its thing, then waited anxiously for it to get the screen that said connect. Clicked connect and IT WORKED! All we could finally figure out is that there is something in the older air card that wouldn't work with the new computer. The crazy thing is the new USB card cost $100 plus $8 tax. There is a mail-in rebate for $100, so I guess the new toy will cost us $8! And it has an antenna port so that we can plug into the trucker antenna and booster in the coach.

The pictures in this blog are from one of the street medians here in Sun City. Once in a great while you might see a patch of grass, but most of the city uses desert landscaping. Even here in the RV park, all of the park models (permanent housing) are landscaped with some beautiful cacti -- though there are some strips of grass. After all there has to be something for all of the little bunny rabbits to eat!