Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures

“Revolutionary Emergency Messenger and Personal Tracker Allows Users to Summon Help from Virtually Anywhere on the Planet”

“The SPOT messenger gives consumers a vital line of communication, independently of cellular coverage, with emergency services, friends, and family. SPOT is a revolutionary product that is designed to raise the safety factor for hundreds of millions of people around the world.”

If this device works as well as it sounds, it could potentially save a lot of lives as well as making trips into the backcountry safer and less worrisome for family members.

Read the entire press release at http://home.businesswire.com/

After a night of camping along the Yakima River, my daughter and I got up early, broke camp and headed to Ellensburg, Washington to meet up with the Northwest Backroad Drivers group to explore the Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area just east of Ellensburg.

After a stop for a quad iced americano and to top off the gas tank, we pulled into the Bar 14 Restaurant for the morning meet up. We were running a little late by time we arrived. Already eating breakfast were Rich (driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee), Jan and their 4 year old granddaughter Tara and Jerry our tour leader for the weekend (driving his Ford Bronco II).

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