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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I’ve been using an iTouch this summer on the trail and love it. Most motels now have wifi, and if yours doesn’t you can always sidle up next to one that does to connect. Besides email and documents, I keep all of my books on my iTouch using a Kindle app., and even watch movies (which I download beforehand) in my tent if I have enough battery. I will be in the Winds this week and will try out a USB battery I just bought to get me between towns. As far as writing journals, it would be tough on any device that small unless you want to take along a keyboard, which actually isn’t that heavy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Thibault<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 25, 2012 4:29 PM<br><b>To:</b> cdt-l@backcountry.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cdt-l] Wifi only device on trail?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I still haven't decided how I am going to update my journal on the trail. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The idea of carrying a cell phone just doesn't appeal to me - because I don't want to be always connected and I also don't want to pay for a phone contract. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I used a peek email only device on the PCT and that worked fine, but alas they have gone under. Anyway I was thinking about looking into a wifi only device like a nexus or surface tablet but before I spend a lot of time looking these over I was wondering if a wifi only device would ever be able to connect up to anything in the small towns along the way on the CDT. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm not really looking for something that I can connect daily, just something I could write my journal and send out an email to my journal about once a week. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So my question is: would a wifi only device work on the CDT or would I only get service so infrequently that it would be mostly dead weight?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My other alternative is to hand write my journal entries and mail them to someone who will then type them into a computer for me. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Not a great alternative as by the end of the day my terrible handwriting can actually get worse than its usual low standard.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Day-Late<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>