I was on Orcas Island in the Washington San Juan Islands this past week and
had a number of interesting GPS experiences. We got there via a Sea Plane,
also called a Float Plane from Seattle. There was no issue using a cell
phone and BrailleNote GPS on this 50 minute flight. It was fascinating to
know what we were flying over, to see the speed and the altitude. Sometimes,
these planes stay 100 feet off the deck. I should post the Replay file I
created. This is what others may know of as a bread crumb track.
On an island without a lot of points of interest, it sure was useful to be
able to record points and to use points I previously recorded. There are
some cool hikes for example and the key points on one of those hikes were
marked.
It was extremely useful to have the exact location of our inn marked so we
could go on walks and find our way back.
I was trying to figure out on a future trip how to visit Victoria British
Columbia and Sequim Washington. I could see from using Explore mode that
Victoria was only 27 miles South West and Sequim 37 miles South. Most
ferries route you through Anacortes so unfortunately, it is not as simple as
going straight to those places unless you are in a boat or sea plane. So
close but yet so far. I am going to see if we can charter a sailboat to take
us to these places.
I have mentioned before that there is an Island near Orcas called Blind
Island. I would try to at least set foot there just for the heck of it.
Apparently, there are no inhabitantgs there.
Orcas was just a reminder of a place where having the BrailleNote was more
helpful than the cell phone since there was little to no coverage.
Next stop for Gena and I is Ireland, September 4-12. We have been learning
about the trip virtually, starting in Westport and ending up in Achill,
walking 40 miles. More about that next week.
Mike
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