I got out this weekend, just needed to clear my head. And wanted to see how the ZR2 would do. I have seen most things close to me, so decided to start exploring within a 3 hr. one-way trip. I figured three hours there, three hours on site, and 3 hours back. Is about a normal work day, and can always camp.
Since I generally travel and explore alone, I try to make sure I can be found. And or someone knows where I am going. As far as communications go: cell, CB, Ham Radio, and my inreach… so pretty covered for that. All the dogs in the family used to have these tracking collars called Tractive. They allowed anyone in the family group plan. ( 5 people, to track the dogs, and by default each other anywhere) So that allowed for an idea of where I had been, direction of travel and where I was at if I did not make the return.
We now all use the Halo collars, They work great but should for the price. The downside, you can have multiple dogs on an account. But they share the same geo fence. So it does not work as well. We have our own accounts now. So I sent my inreach info to family. I will use this method now. I have the account anyway. May as well use it.
10 minute tracking intervals. I also, keep a National Geo atlas of all 50 states in each vehicle.
Google maps, Backcountry navigator, with USGS maps of PNW downloaded. As well as Suunto, and Garmin on my phone.
The connected tablet has Google as well as BCN downloaded.
I will also usually stop at a board somewhere and snap a picture of the map, or grab a paper copy. I know it’s a lot of redundancy, but its an old habit that has served me well. And I don’t want to forget. This system has served me well for years on Fires, or remote work. There are some holes, if both phone and tablet go down. Then I have paper, as well as the watch. And InReach. I always have a charge brick in my pack. That should cover navigation and coms questions.
Also all my pictures are Geotagged, and there is an envelope on my fridge that has important info like funeral plans, passwords, etc
Today, the Plan was simple, check out some old ghost towns that had been on my list and just enjoy the day. Bourne, Granite and Sumpter. As I knew I would I am missing my remote work pretty hard right now.
Granite is cool, just a tiny old town. I should of taken more pictures, but was just enjoying the day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite,_Oregon
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