In 2006, I visited Durango, Colorado, with plans to live there
in my RV there for the summer. So much has changed in the past seven years; it
is difficult to remember how rudimentary our access to wireless data was back
then.
My first choice in Durango RV parks was the
United
Campgrounds, Durango, located in the
Upper
Animas Valley. The place had it a... mountain and valley views and the
Animas River running to the rear of the property. Most exciting of all, the
Durango & Silverton
Railroad right-of-way ran right through the RV Park.
In those days, wireless data plans were of the 2-G era, which meant slow and
spotty communications, if any at all. While surveying the RV Park, I
realized that the AT&T wireless signal did not penetrate well into their
low-lying terrain. At the time, there was no Wi-Fi at the United Campgrounds RV
Park.
That summer, I had to settle for a place far south of town. The RV Park there
had no cable TV, no Wi-Fi, but did have DSL available from the local telephone
company. The DSL data plan was expensive and unreliable, but it did allow me to
conduct business from my coach.
When I returned to United Campgrounds in 2013, things had changed. Owners Tim
and Sheri Holt had installed a high-powered Wi-Fi system throughout the RV Park.
In addition, cellular telephone service and 4-G wireless data from AT&T
worked well there.
Their new Wi-Fi system allowed us to collaborate with United Campgrounds,
Durango Colorado to bring you the first ever "Live Steam Train Webcam", which
you will see above. If you are looking for the most beautiful setting and all
the current digital technology, we suggest you look no further than United
Campgrounds, for your own place in Durango.
See you there in 2023.
