Ithaca, NY

We have made it to Ithaca, NY. I think Ithaca is Indian for "Land of the steep hills". I thought we would be roughing it while we are here, which means there are too many trees to get a DirecTV satellite signal. Just regular antennae reception, no recording shows on DVR and no fast forwarding through the commercials. How in the world did we do it back in the old days? But, as luck would have it, a couple of DirecTV service guys were in the park. I flagged them down and for some lunch money they used their super satellite finder to figure out that by putting the dish on the roof we could get reception. It was a close call but it looks like we won't have to endure regular TV for the next few days. Going to meet Jesse & Tim and Kathy & Bob, our friends from Whitehouse, TX for lunch.