# Working (or not) remotely: ROOPHLOCH 2020 entry

September 16, 2020 · 1 minute read
      
Posted in:  gopher outdoor roophloch 

      

![The view from my cabin](/images/blog/roophloch-2020.jpg)

As is the tradition, I am writing this blog outdoors, for Solderpunk's [ROOPHLOCH 2020][1] challenge. I'm in a picnic shelter at Dreher Island State Park, where my family has been camping for the last two days. As an offline exercise, this is not especially successful, because there is WiFi in the campground. In fact, that's why we're camping.

With COVID-19 distancing measures in effect, I'm able to work remotely, and the kids are able to do school. More or less. The network here is pretty good, except that it has a captive portal that drops your connection and requires you to log back in periodically. The tough part has been that there's so much to be done while camping with kids that I ended up having to take leave today, the last day of the trip, instead of trying to work. Lesson learned!

We did get to canoe some yesterday after school, and got to see this dear little copperhead! Apologies for the digital zoom. Even though it was a wee babbie, we didn't want to get close enough to disturb its sunbathing.

![A baby copperhead sunning itself on a rock by the river.](/images/blog/copperhead.jpg)

[1]: gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/announcing-roophloch-2020.txt