Departure for the trip has been postponed til June 21. Kind of funny as it was the same day last year that Steven and I left on our trip, of course, that didn't work out so good for steve-o.

We have to delay because the lake is still 80% ice covered(difficult to operate on floats)

the pic if it comes up, is of the coolest thing I've bought in a awhile.

it's a personal satellite tracker/messenger. It's an in-expensive alternative to a sat-phone.

It comes with a $100,000 LLoyds of London insurance policy that covers the cost(up to 100k) of helicopter extraction anywhere in the world. Plus the wife can sign in to the web site and see where I am in real time on google earth. It also sends an OK message or a non-urgent help message, or an emergency reponse required message-this message goes to GEOS world wide rescue operations as well as all local responders. Miranda likes the idea of peace of mind while I'm away. She's heard all the stories so she's probably right to worry.