To LV and Back

Nicki and I did a quick visit to the Little Valley homested. Thanks to Martha everything was warm and comfy. Driveway was well plowed - bare with enough extra parking off to the left. We three did our required dinner in Ellicottville at the Barn. Got a table quickly, good food, good service, and a friendly family-oriented crowd. Lots of snow. It truly looked like winter. Then home for calls with all the other siblings.

Sunday we returned to Ellicottville for breakfast at Dina's. Again straight to a table and a very good breakfast. We did find out a secret - you can get a half-order of french toast so there is no excuse for getting stuffed. A little shopping, back to Little Valley, and then the return trip to Oberlin.

As to the wireless situation. Yes, we have a problem, but one that can be fixed. There are 2 pieces of equipment involved - Atlantic Broadband's cable modem and our wireless router. The wireless router is fine and will talk to the computer just as it is supposed to. But the cable modem has serious problems and will not establish a lasting connection to the internet which makes the wireless router's well-intentioned efforts fruitless. No amount of prodding and poking would revive the cable modem. I did talk to an Atlantic Broadband technician and a housecall was scheduled. Martha has agreed to make herself available and by this time next week we should have our access re-established. I suspect the technician will simply switch the faulty cable modem for a new one that works. I had brought 2 new and different wireless routers if it had turned out that our router was the cause. On the way back to Oberlin I returned the ones I brought for a full refund. No need to charge any expenses to the estate. I'll use the travel costs as a deduction on my taxes I suppose.

No photos this trip. Never had the opportunity. And no mention of the blurry window - no fog has appeared lately. And no, I didn't try the vaseline trick.