Takin’ Care of Business

Reminiscent of last year's journey through the Panhandle, a slow leak in a back dually had us scrambling for a repair shop. We killed a few hours in pursuit of a couple new tires. After that, it was smooth cruising, with a pitstop Buc-ee's in AL, and the first outside of TX. We arrived at Bayou Signette State Park outside of NOLA at 6pm. Another beautiful park and super close to the Big Easy!

Out of Dodge Once Again

As we provisioned the camper van for another adventure out west under spectacular summer skies, we were inundated with hype about Dorian. The tropical storm-turning hurricane is in the Caribbean and heading towards the coast of Florida. We're happy to be moving out of Dodge. We had lots of work completed on the van after our last big trip in October 2018, so it should be ready for another 5000 miles or so. Boats and RVs… pretty high maintenance they say.

We rolled into the Suwannee River State Park just after 4pm. We all know the song but how many have really spent time on the river? After a quick little hike around the banks, we settled into camp with showers and frozen pizza. Nice campground and super clean restrooms; always a bonus.

Shattered by iWeb's Demise

Apple created an amazing application many years ago with the introduction of the iLife suite. It was called iWeb and it made building a personal website fun and reasonably easy. With MobileMe, one could self-publish their website online. Business decision after business decision, Apple resolved to do away with MobileMe among other apps, including iWeb. They claimed the program would be phased out on newer versions of their operating systems. Over the years, the app was still available with third party domain hosting, but unsupported by Apple's tech services. Apple continued to send plenty of warnings of iWeb's eventual and permanent demise. And so it happened this week with the Mojave 10.14.6 update. iWeb is unresponsive. I've invested almost 12 years into my personal website and now, it's gone. Perhaps I'll strengthen my coding skills and come back with a vengeance. But for now, my very resourceful website is lost in the cloud. RIP iWeb. Oh well, grateful to have The Blogagerie as a creative outlet and invaluable resource in the absence of my iWeb site.