Comments on: How do you stay in touch?

By: Linda Moore

Linda Moore — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:01:39 +0000

Jaimie, Our blog is rv-retirement.blogspot.com

By: Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Jaimie Hall Bruzenak — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:18:16 +0000

Before we met, George used Ham radio (Winlink) to receive email. Now he doesn’t need it. He’s gotten back into Ham radio recently but doesn’t do nets. It would be an excellent way to keep in touch, especially when traveling in remote places.

Jaimie

By: Ham Radio

Ham Radio — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:09:56 +0000

Great ideas listed here. While the cellphone and the laptop with the wireless LAN card are always the first option, we have other (free) methods available.

As you can tell by the screen name, we stay in touch with some folks through regular daily ham radio schedules and/or nets. It’s always fun to chat with friends and family from the middle of nowhere.

By: Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Jaimie Hall Bruzenak — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:25 +0000

I just started using Skype and I love it too! I haven’t yet tried it with a web cam. I have to get the grandkids’ parents to sign up. It is free if you contact computer to computer and only $2.95 to make phone calls in the U.S. and Canada. I attended a group I belong to via Skype today. Pretty cool.

Jaimie

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:36:09 +0000

All great ideas for keeping in touch, but I got one that’s a lot better. SKPE. We and our kids have a camera with our laptops and using SKPE we can not only talk real time, but can also see them. It’s great seeing all our kids and grand kids in real life. SKPE is also FREE!! Check it out.

By: Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Jaimie Hall Bruzenak — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:07:45 +0000

I agree, Linda – blogs are great! I am blogging about our trip to Alaska right now. http://blog.rvlifestyleexperts.com

What’s yours?

Jaimie

By: Linda Moore

Linda Moore — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:07:46 +0000

I’m not a techie, but I was able to easily set up a blog so our friends and family could follow our travels. We also now have new friends that we’ve met along the way following our blog. And some of our followers have passed it on to others, so no telling who is looking! Of course we use cell phones and email too for more personal contact.

By: Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Jaimie Hall Bruzenak — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:20:14 +0000

Yes, it is a lot easier to have a long distance relationship now and feel connected.

With Photoshop Elements I can also send a photo right away to people. They feel like they are traveling with us. Yesterday we visited the Large Animal Research section of the University of Alaska. George got some pretty good photos of the muskox but the babies were pretty far back. We sent a couple of those out but am also sending the postcard with a closeup of a mother and baby so they can get a better idea. Plus the kids can actually hold it.

Jaimie

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:58:33 +0000

It’s a far cry from the past. With an “Air Card” you can check weather ahead of you, check your email, make reservations, all while you on the road.

Cell phones and those things that go with them let you keep in touch with actual conversations. Even so, like some others, I still send picture post cards to the grand kids.

By: Jaimie Hall Bruzenak

Jaimie Hall Bruzenak — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:29:44 +0000

That’s right! Before that we had a desktop so it meant going to a public library to check email. Obviously that didn’t happen too often!

Also, PocketMail was a big deal for several years. Now you can hardly find a pay phone to make a call, much less check your email on a PocketMail device.

Thanks for the comment.

Jaimie