I'm extremely sad to report that we've lost our Spot Satellite beacon. I put it on top of the rattlevan for a clear view of the sky which would not have been a problem except that we left for a short trip without performing our usually meticulous departure checklist. (It also would not have been a problem if I had secured the little leash that I had on it.) Today, when we DID perform our departure checklist, we failed to find the Spot to check it off the list, and then we realized what happened. Despite our hours of searching and miles of walking along a road, I'm afraid it's gone.
In case you don't know what I'm talking about, you can read this old post about it. It was our lifeline to this blog when there was no cell service or wireless and useful to keep people informed of where we are and that we're fine. It also was our panic button in case of extreme trouble. It's very difficult to replace out here, and costly, so I'm not sure if we'll try to get another or not. In the meantime, the little map you see on the right will dead end there at the last flag. I'm about to suspend the service on the beacon, but I guess it's possible that in the meantime, someone has found it and pressed the SOS button out of curiosity and then probably became even more curious when a SWAT dude dropped on his head and started looking around for bad guys. Hopefully, that SWAT dude will grab the beacon and hold on to it for me.
Oh and yeah. As soon as I'm able to smile about this, I will appreciate the fact that a Geo-locator beacon that can be found anywhere on earth is lost.
Oh and we'll be staying tonight somewhere around Belmopan and we'll update our location when we can. We're in a very safe area so no worries. We plan to hang around Belize until we pickup a package in Belize City on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteDamn the luck! Couldn't you Skype the Geo Locator folks and ask them where it is? Did you take a regular old GPS thingy?
ReplyDeleteWhere are you guys right now? Em and I will be in Puerto Vallarta this Monday the 12th though the 19th. If you meet us we could bring you a new spot locater? We are staying at The Hotel Pescador in the "Zona Romantica."
ReplyDeleteJust saw that you are already in Belize... Um well we can bring one into mexico... Let me know if that would be helpful.
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Thanks anyway Dina!
ReplyDeleteNo Pop,. It doesn't ever send a location to the satellite unless you tell it to and they can't send a message to it either to tell it to report. Plus it'd have to be facing up as well.
No standard GPS device on hand.