The Downside of the High-Tech Life

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Gizmos and gadgets. We all have them or at least have access to them (you can’t access the internet without SOMETHING). I’ve never been big about having the latest tech toys, but over the past several years I’ve gotten used to having a few handy gadgets around that I use all the time. Unfortunately, my gadgets have decided that my vacation over the next two weeks is going to be somewhat low-tech. My laptop, that I use to access journal and store photos when I travel is metaphorically up on blocks in the backyard. The charging port is broken and the piece necessary for my son to repair it has not yet arrived. My smartphone isn’t actually dead but has become a bit twitchy lately. At least once a day it suddenly decides that the battery is completely dead and it shuts down. Sometimes I can turn it back on five minutes later and it still has a 70% charge other times I need to leave it plugged in for at least 15 minutes before it will even let me power it back up again. It’s probably time to replace the phone but I’m not ready to spend money on it just yet so I’ll continue to muddle through. Unfortunately, that means taking photos this trip (the ones I can’t upload to my laptop) might be challenging. And then there is my Kindle. As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with my Kindle. Unfortunately, it has gone missing. It looks like I’m going to have to pack a notebook and a few pens. AND I’ll have to resort to a tote-bag full of reading material. I don’t mind going low-tech, except that my travel essentials will take up significantly more room! The photo shows the shore of Prince Edward Island overlooking the Gulf of St Lawrence. I'm hoping for warmer weather than my previous visits.