Getting ready to go solo


One of the joys during the Seattle to Toledo ride  was not staring at a screen.  I did have a laptop and tried to keep email under control.  Other than a few blog posts, I didn’t really touch electronics.  This includes my phone.  Both Ida and Jon will confirm that I stood around waiting for someone to point the direction to go.

Being solo, and only having a phone, will knock me out of my comfort zone.  I always have a laptop nearby.  The Toledo to Atlantic Ocean journey will be the longest time since before college that I didn’t have a computer at hand.

The real purpose of this blog post is for me to test out the folding Bluetooth keyboard I got for the trip.  This text was entered via phone/folding keyboard.  It is much more usable than I expected.  When folded, the keyboard is also bigger in every dimension than my phone.  I know storage will be tight.

Will find out if the keyboard can deal with a bit of dampness and road grime.

  

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  1. RidgeRunJuly 26, 2021 at 11:56 AM

    Bluetooth keyboard with phone.!! Good thinking..

    -Sanjay

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