There I was, my throat tightening and my heart pounding, threatening to crawl out my mouth. A stone’s throw from Canada I was trapped far from any semblance of civilization. I had been repeatedly promised a steady Wi-Fi connection on the trip, but as we pulled up anchor in Seattle I was told our itinerary had changed. We were to go straight to the Sucia’s- Echo Bay to be exact, in other words the middle of absolutely no where. Pissed off I sulked and hoped I could at least turn in my midterm paper on time, which was due in two days. If I hadn’t of so cruelly been lied to, I would have downloaded PdaNet to tether my Droid Incredible to my laptop. I had heard about a few different tether options, but I couldn’t get them to work the last time I was out of range from society. Luckily, we has some technical malfunctions with our dinghy and had to make a short detour. There I was sitting on the top of the boat in Friday Harbor, the last link to civilization that was only to last until morning- trying to get on Washington State Ferries Boingo hotspot long enough to establish a connection and buy a one day pass. I was about to give up after two ferry’s had chugged by, but then I magically got connected to some blessed soul with an unsecured router. Thanks to them, I was able to quickly download pdanet and for the rest of the trip, I had the luxury of riding the internet off my Droid Incredible’s connection. Thanks for the sanity pdanet-got to Tweet, Facebook, turn in my midterm, and even do some basic C++ tutorials! I realized after this summer of being out of range or just completely dependent on my phone for internet-I will never leave civilization ( I-5 corridor) again.
