Free-range wireless internet

We got our newsletter ready, all the revisions completed, yesterday and were set to mail it first thing this morning. We also had a Christmas List to insert with that and needed to get the copy approved so it could go at the same time as the new newsletter. So, we headed out to send it to LBT head office at a free wirelss coffee shop. Here's the route we took to accomplish this:

• Tony's - Closed for renovations this week.
• Toad Mountain - Internet down; we weren't that surprised. Whoever is supplying their service sucks. it's down about 50% of the time these days.
• The Black Drop - We saw a bunch of people with open laptops sitting around so we assumed that their interent was up and running. It wasn't. Unfortunately, the coffee was paid for and in the process of being made before we realized this. We chilled for a minute, drank our coffee before heading off to ...
• Rob's folks - It occurred to Rob while we sat in the Black Drop that, hey, his parent's have high-speed internet. And now they just live in Ferndale, a handful of minutes away! So, a quick phonecall to make sure the timing was right for them and we hit the road. And we had a lovely lunch with them to boot. All's well that ends better, eh?