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We are using Lyndi's Nikon D5100 SLR camera with the new Nikon 18-300 telephoto lens.

Each evening I transfer the photos from the SD card to a notebook computer.

Then when I have WIFI at a motel, I select the post-worthy pics and upload them to Photobucket. Then I make my posts and link to the pics.

It is a little cumbersome, but it has been working.

Our cell phones are Verizon, and my research showed very little coverage in western Canada and Alaska. In Alaska, I might get coverage in Fairbanks and Anchorage, but we are enjoying being off the grid. I haven't even checked for coverage at all. There have been a couple of times that it would be nice to get data coverage for my tablet, but we did it the primitive way, we stopped and asked for directions.

In most of the areas we have been driving there is no cell coverage of any kind. It is a long way between pockets of civilization.

Before we left, I considered renting a satellite phone to carry in case of emergency on the road. But the most reasonable advice I got from seasoned travelers was that in these areas, other drivers would offer aid to a motorist in distress. We already have helped a family whose car was over heating and needed water.

Jim