After researching for a while (and a lot of help from Michael's Mom) we have decided against the satellite phone because of cost. Instead we found this cool new gadget called SPOT. It is a personal locating beacon that will send out emails or txt messages to anyone we put on a list. There are three different functions on the unit. A check in button, which is hopefully the only thing we will ever need, and also a help button and 911 button. The help sends out a message to contacts that we specifically list, and the 911 button sends a signal to the SPOT center in TX were they decide from the location whom they should call in.
The reason I am telling everyone this is I found a way to have the unit send an email to the blog so everyone can check out were we are when we press the check in button. I am going to be testing it out for the next couple days. All you need to do (hopefully) is click on the link and it should bring you right to Google maps with our exact location.
15 days until departure!
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