Moving on to Kentucky

 June 24, 2022

Bowling Green KOA

Bowling Green, Ky

The rally in Lebanon ended and we have relocated to Bowling Green, Kentucky.  I was snoozing in the back seat of the Ram and all of a sudden I heard this excited, gleeful, "There's a Culver's" coming out of Momma's mouth followed by "I feel like a ruben!" coming out of Dad's mouth as we entered Bowling Green, heading for our campsite for the next 4 nights. 

But I was excited to finally have workable/usable Internet once again.  With just shy of 500 rigs showing up at the fairgrounds and Verizon owning the cell towers in that area, the bandwith sure became conjested.  Momma and Dad attended a couple of seminars on how to stay connected while rving. 

The bottom line is, there is no ONE plan that will keep you connected at EVERY location.  These presenters are working while traveling and need/have to be able to connect wherever they locate.  Their recommendation was...have a back up.  Three different presenters stated that they have data plans for Verizon, AT&T and T-mobile.  They just connect to the one that works in the area that they are in (and of course they have sophisticated routers that handle that automatically) or they just don't go to a location if they are unable to find a signal near that area.  Brian said he uses the Open Signal App to check out what is available in the area to determine if they can go there.  Now me, I just don't blog until we relocate. 

There is also an up and coming/growing satellite service, Starlink, that uses low orbiting satellites that are in constant motion orbiting the earth.  They are putting additional satellites in orbit every month trying to keep ahead of the demand.  The initial setup cost for the dish and router is now around $600+, then $135 monthly for the RV roaming plan, but the RV plan has the lowest priority when congestion occurs which is another way of saying you get slowed down.  

When I'm not blogging, I am either in full play mode or rest mode.  I can easily nap outside if it's not too hot or inside enjoying the cool AC temps.  Now cats on the other hand are rarely outside enjoying the fresh air unless they have one of these Cat Condominiums.  

It has it's own cat door/window and sometimes I saw 2 cats enjoying some fresh air.  

All in all, it was a good rally with vendors, seminars, entertainment and very well organized.

I especially liked our site, being parked next to Mona who fell in love with me!  

I'm Chloe