So this afternoon I spent a couple hours in the park with the new cellphone (if it turns out to have good enough coverage) checking out reception in the park. Thus far, julie's office seems to have the worst signal of just about anywhere within a half-mile radius.
I walked around the park's roads and trails, map in m fanny pack, camera on one shoulder, phone in hand, staring at the signal strength meter. No bars, one bar, two, three, one, four... It was surprising how much and how quickly the signal could change from step to step, or even wih the way you hold the phone. Got dropouts only in a few spots along the backside of the park, partway down one of the ravines.
A few people passed me as I was wandering along with m high-tech divining rod; I have no idea what they thought. Meanwhile, the light is about a dramatic as I've seen it: deep greens and sudden bursts of orange sun. The ferns grow everywhere, and the trail down to the far end of the nature center is heart-stoppingly beautiful.
Oh, and one of the bridges is going out -- some of the rain appears to have washed out one of the columns that support the middle of the little span. I thought it was particularly springy underfoot when I crossed it, and by golly it was.
I'm sorry there are no pictures.
Posted by: auntb at June 29, 2003 01:31 PM