Gdgtgrl without electricity | gdgtgrl's Blog

My user name stands for gadgetgirl.  I loves me gadgets.  It all began with a palm pilot, morphed into my cell, and then a seque into my mp3 and the holy grail - my laptop.  I like technology alot - but not in an all consuming way. 

So, in 6 sleeps ggrl and the fam and rusty are off to the lake.  A cottage in Temagami ON, with NO electricity.  Although the propane stove, lights and the fridge is also powered by propane lines which run propane from our shed to the cottage, that is it.

So how do I - a person who needs her laptop, palm etc cope? The laptop is a hinderance up there so it stays home  The cell phones don't work in the mountain ranges so their basically off for 2 weeks.  The digital camera and palm (the only things used up there to any great extent) are charged every couple of days by solar power and are only used for journalling so don't get used a lot.

all in all I like the break from my technology though.  It's good not rely on things that need batteries for a while