We Have Arrived

Trout Lake now has everything that we could ask for.

When we first bought our place in Trout Lake, there were several important pieces that were missing. First, no high-speed internet. But after only a few months Embarq expanded their DSL offering into our area. We now have a 5Mbps connection.

The other major missing piece, though, was NPR. OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) is probably second only to WBUR in Boston for the quality of their programming. However, the Trout Lake valley couldn't get a clear signal from any of their broadcast towers. Spending as much time in Boston as we did, it was difficult to not have the option of waking up to Morning Edition. Recently, however, OPB discovered that the antenna on one of their local towers had been broken. After they fixed the antenna, the signal is now clear! Hallelujah!

- Mike (& Corinne)