I also got to spend 1 1/2 hours on the phone with Verizon - just made my day. We had three things that we wanted to get done and after talking with 3 very nice, helpful people, we got them all done. We wanted to increase the data we have on our plan by 20 G’s. When we’re in parks with reliable wi-fi, we’re fine. But, when we’re in a park with no wi-fi or wi-fi that you have to purchase or unreliable wi-fi (isn’t this the general rule?) we sometimes come close to using up all we have. Sometimes we go to the local libraries to use their wi-fi but that doesn’t work all the time. (Ironically, our next park, a county marina, has excellent wi-fi and we’ll have lots of wi-fi left over at the end of this first month - ain’t that the way it goes?)
We got all our questions answered and changes made with Verizon. Were the service center people pleasant, helpful and eager to please? Absolutely. Was the time way too long and was their ‘hold’ music awful? Absolutely squared.
We have company coming for dinner tomorrow so I made a strata and a Waldorf salad today. We’ll supplement that with a regular salad tomorrow. Should suffice. Besides, they’re bringing dessert: pie.
Interesting park we’re staying in here in West Kingston, RI. Very nice setting.
It costs $4.00 per guest even if they only are here for 4 hours eating dinner.
The showers cost money.
The water slide costs money.
Pets cost $3.00 per night. Now, we don’t have a pet but that seems excessive. No wonder, we didn’t see many pets in the park.
Secondly, they have wi-fi but it is only in the store and to use it, you need to sit on a picnic table outside the store on the patio. It’s covered but outside? You’d think that for the money they charge, you might be able to use a table and chair in the clubhouse (see next item)
They have 2 large clubhouses but they are always locked - unless you’ve paid to go to the weekly event that is held in them. Why couldn’t they open them up for wi-fi use? Don’t know.
The campground website has directions to get here by directing you to Google. But Google gives the wrong directions and you can’t possibly get to the park that way. I finally called the office and asked how to get there. When we got to the park, I mentioned the problem to the woman in the office but she was indifferent to this. ‘Here are some directions’ she said as she handed me a brochure. But, hey, I’m already here and don’t need it.
On the other hand, there are loads of seasonal sites - we met a woman whose family has been coming here for 30 years - and they seem to be happy. It’s just us grouchy transients.
Our guests were my roommate when I lived in Rhode Island 43 years ago and her new spouse. They just got married. In fact, if you read my blog back in January, you would know that we actually met them down in their Florida home. This time, we’re meeting them in their RI home - which is new as of yesterday. They just bought a new home - beautifully situated on a nice lake.
Here’s Jo. Fun dinner and so much fun to see them again. We don’t see many people we know on our travels and it’s a real treat to do so.
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