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Wed
27
Dec '06

Next stop, the Quillayute River Resort.

Up at 9am, out of the room 11ish and on the road as I’d like to arrive while it’s still light outside. Steak and eggs for breakfast, salad for lunch?

So, today’s destination is the Quillayute River Resort — owned by my friends Chip and Linda. Linda is the person that helped me do all the reupholstery work on Bob, The Bus.

So, I’ll be in the end unit which has better light. Floor-plan is below.

Floorplan of the Q River Resort

All you have to do is change the door and bathroom location, and you’ve got the last unit in the row of cabins (each with it’s own garage!) And I don’t end up in the end unit, because I’ve fallen in love with unit 4 — which used to be the store room which held boxes from the 50’s with Sears cabinets, the appliances, and all the other stuff that is in the other rooms — but this one now has a flat panel TV, and a heated floor in the bathroom. The hell with the extra window!

But getting here is a whole other matter. Microsoft Streets and Trips has taken me for a ride — AKA a long detour. Below is the map:

The Bad Streets and Trips Route

NOW — let me explain what is wrong with this map. 30 miles of the route is not paved. and I encountered a bridge half way through (thank god for four wheel drive and a center locking differential) that was two large steel I-beams with some planking on either side — and nothing in the middle. This was after the road went from gravel enough for two logging trucks to pass to… well, one lane of gravel, and then THAT bridge — which I didn’t cross, knowing there was another 13 miles past that — and a serious river, and the storms and — well, shit, there’s an oven in the back of the van.

Basically — it’s retrace your steps to Moclips, and go cross country to US101 — think I lost about an hour on that little side step — I really need to get the new version of Microsoft Streets and Trips!

Dinner with Chip and Linda, and I’m bringing the wine and the whiskey. Dinner is a lovely roasted chicken with vegetables and a great salad.

For a real-time view of the river in front of the resort, click here. Cause I’m going to bed.

But I know you are all curious about the wireless speeds here:

 

Now… shall we try if we actually plug into the network? The folks here have chosen the EASY way to wirelessly expand the network — they put $15 Netgear repeaters in each room. Thank god for Fry’s Electronics. Here are the wired numbers:

 

So… what is wrong with this picture — wired is SLOWER? Let’s retry with both wired and wireless on board…..

I had another one with both on that was 900+, so I don’t have an explanation of this.

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