SPOT Me!

A while back I wrote a blog - Can you find me now? It was prompted by my fainting and hitting my head in the middle of the night. As a solo, I worry about how my family & close friends would know where I was if something happened to me. Sure I have a cell phone...but as I travel into less populous places it may not work. Same thing for my Internet connection since that is via a Verizon aircard. Plus I don't want to HAVE to blog every day, even when I do have a connection.

When I first read about the SPOT messenger, I thought that would be perfect. Yes, it's a $100 a year but that's less than $10 a month. I can squeeze that in....to me it's worth it. If I get hurt and need help, for example if I'm out hiking, then I can use the emergency 911 feature of the SPOT. On a daily basis I can use the check-in feature to send an email to family members (limited number) as well as post the OK message in a private blog that only family and close friends will be able to access. I can post my daily itinerary there as well so if I don't check in the following day they will have my last coordinates as well as the route I was planning to take.

There is an added Track Me feature that I have no need for but will be used by many of my motorcycle friends. Thus this post. Because of the high interest in the SPOT Messenger, one member of a forum I visit has become a dealer and is offering a discounted rate for the SPOT. In addition for those who want the Track Me feature, it will soon offer 50% off the first year. Regardless, I wanted to post once more about this...if you know ANYONE who might be interested or need the SPOT, the discount site is HERE as well as in my right sidebar. (If you order, please tell them Froggi Donna sent you!)

Thank you for passing this along!

Till next time - keep on rollin',
Froggi/Donna