Urbanites and suburbanites might have very different definitions of a “neighborhood,” but both daydream about the gladed landscapes and bucolic beauty of a truly rural setting.

Who wouldn’t like to “get away from it all” for a while?
Who wouldn’t want to experience a refreshing dose of peace and quiet?
Who wouldn’t prefer a two lane gravel road instead of an eight lane “freeway” parking lot?
Who wouldn’t trade fields of green for acres of asphalt?

The only problem with this rural respite is that we really cannot ever “get away from it all” anymore. We always “take it with us.” In our smart phones. On our lap tops. With our tablets. We are constantly connected to it “all” — all the time — regardless of our actual geographic location.

Except.

Except in those isolated patches of the plane…