I checked out of Basecamp Echo two days ago and I'm not at my parents camper in Sandusky. I watch a YouTube video on canning chicken and I think I need a pressure canner with a gauge. It was added to the procure list. I withdrew a canned cheeseburger meal today. It was made about 12 days ago and does show any signs of contamination yet.
I promised a friend in the Buckeye Trail Association that I would bring a hotspotted laptop to the informational booth that she's organizing. It will be in Moncolva of Lucas County. I checked the coverage map and its showing 3G in the area. That's good because the cell phone signal booster is too powerful for what I want to do. It requires that the antenna be 20m/ 66ft away from the base unit. I've decided that that's too much outdoor N-type cable to carry. In the meantime, I'll be searching for other options.
I'm using the hotspot now. In the past, I had an cellular internet card and so far, internet speeds are just like it. Today, I called up Sprint and got a 7 day trail for their 2 gigabyte (GB) package. Overage charges are $0.015 per kilobit (Kb), which is slightly less than when I owned my cell card. 8 bits = 1 byte. I also know that overage charges can really be steep because webpages and multimedia can have very large file sizes. In 7 days, if I don't cancel, Sprint will charge me $19.95 for the 2GB every month until I cancel the package. It does not have a contract and I can do it at anytime. Since my smartphone is recommended to have an unlimited talk/ text and data package that runs $99 + taxes and I carry insurance on the phone for another $10, my monthly cellular bill is usually $117. This will bring me up to about $140 per month.
Because of the BTA booth in Monclova, I believe that Basecamp Echo will be at Mary Jane Thurston State Park outside of Grand Rapids of Wood County. But I don't plan on leaving Sandusky until 2 September. I'm anticipating that I'll be hard at work maintaining the Defiance Section when I get there.
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