six great things about Africa:

1. Gas station pagne-Buying fabric in Africa is a must. Most tailors are marginal at best but the ridiculous patterns make up for the less than stellar craftsmanship. Recently I spent 10,000 CFA on a pagne of gas station themed fabric. It is beautiful.

2. Fish Dinner-When we're allowed to stay out past curfew the fish mommies come out an make delicious grilled fish served with manioc or fried plantains. It is amazing. After eating the fish we burn the bones and eat them like potato chips only in Africa...

4. Tie Dye- another great pagne. Emily (another stagiere's host mom) gave tie dying lessons last Sunday. Very soon I will be rocking tie dye.

5. Model school is over-as part of our training the education volunteers have been teaching at summer school. It wasn't terrible but I don't think anyone will be sad to see it end.

6. Less than two weeks til we go to post. I cannot wait to have my own space and to finally unpack.

The unit you have is for an old blackberry no longer in production. I will check on the model. I send it so you can get an idea as to what the one you need would generally look like.JackSent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: "Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]" <Brian.Ransdell@sprint.com> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:07:44 -0500To: jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net<jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net>Subject: RE: custom molds Jack – I can't quite make out which device this mold is for. Both the 8330 and 8350i slip out of it when it's locked. I just want to make sure I'm putting in the correct Blackberry to show the customer. Thanks. Brian Brian Ransdell

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From: jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net [mailto:jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:48 PM

To: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]; Nikki Taylor

Subject: Re: custom molds I am sending a set to you.

Jack Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® From: "Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]" <Brian.Ransdell@sprint.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:41:40 -0500 To: Jack Dovey<jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net> Subject: RE: custom molds Thanks Jack. That will at least give them a chance to see how the device can be used in the box. My address is: 11551 Nuckols Road Sprint, Suite I Glen Allen, VA 23059 Brian Ransdell

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From: Jack Dovey [mailto:jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:38 PM

To: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]

Cc: 'Nikki Taylor-Williams'

Subject: RE: custom molds The wiring harness will be strong enough to with stand vibration. In fact they should have these even if they do not get the boxes as they will work better than a cigarette charger. I can get you an example of a current blackberry box we build for the older models so they understand the concept. The new unit will be made for the newer units. I can send you a wiring harness and box today if you send your address. Jack From: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG] [mailto:Brian.Ransdell@sprint.com]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 14:06

To: Jack Dovey; 'Nikki Taylor-Williams'; 'Joe Todrzak'

Subject: RE: custom molds Jack: Yes, they would like both convenience key buttons on the side exposed – as well as access to the volume. Also, these are going to be used in over-the-road tractors with a good deal of vibration. Do you expect the wiring harness to be able to withstand a fair amount of vibration? The customer is debating between the BlueWater box and just having them loss. Would it be possible for them to purchase 5 for a proof of concept prior to committing to the full fleet? Brian Brian Ransdell

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UC# 804-237-9502 From: Jack Dovey [mailto:jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:47 PM

To: 'Nikki Taylor-Williams'; 'Joe Todrzak'

Cc: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]

Subject: RE: custom molds Nikki and Brian We can have you a finished product ready for install 4 weeks from the time we get a purchase order. The cost of the units will $ 39.98 for the box and $ 29.99 for the power source. I am assuming you would like to have the side buttons exposed so they can be used. We would build the unit like our other Blackberry products. The wiring harness will be a micro usb which supplies constant power to the unit. Jack From: Nikki Taylor-Williams [mailto:ntaylor@bluewaterwireless.net]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 09:09

To: jdovey@bluewaterwireless.net

Subject: FW: custom molds Jack I didn't want to give them pricing without confirming with you first, since you spoke with him. Thank You Nikki From: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG] [mailto:Brian.Ransdell@sprint.com]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 8:55 AM

To: Nikki Taylor-Williams

Subject: RE: custom molds Nikki: I didn't hear back from Mike, but I did have a chance to talk with Jack. We are looking for open faced lock boxes for the 8530. Approximately 85-90. The device was just certified for an application that we would like to run on it. Can you provide an estimated time to produce the boxes for the 8530 and cost? Thanks. Brian Brian Ransdell

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UC# 804-237-9502 From: Nikki Taylor-Williams [mailto:ntaylor@bluewaterwireless.net]

Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:27 AM

To: Ransdell, Brian D [BMG]

Subject: RE: custom molds Good Evening I am emailing you in regards to the email correspondence on July 7th that you had with Mike Allen(please see email below). Unfortunately, Mr. Allen is no longer with our company and I am answering and following up on his emails. Were you ever able to speak to anyone in regards to a custom mold?? If not, please let me know and I can have someone contact you in regards to this. Thank You **Please note that I will be out of the office Friday July 23rd ** Nikki Taylor-Williams

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Well I have made it back from site visit. Going to site was my first experience traveling in Cameroon and it was certainly a trip.

My site is in the Mamfe area in the Southwest, and although it looks easy to get to on a map it is quite a trek to get there. We left Bafia on a Wednesday and traveled by bus to Bamenda which is in the Northwest province, where we had to spend the night. I don't think I can do the trip justice so I am not going to try, but the ride from Baffousam to Bamenda was cramped to say the least. The next morning we left Bamenda and traveled to Mamfe by car. When they say the road is bad they aren't joking. We covered some terrain in our Toyota Tracel that I didn't think a 4x4 could handle. We made it though.

In Mamfe I stayed with volunteers from the region, my site is out there but there are a fair number of nearby volunteers which makes up for the remoteness.

The next day I finally made it to site. My village is small. My school has about 6 classrooms some of which are divided with plywood to make room for more classes. We hung around the village for a day saw the school and met the chief.

Sunday was the 4th of July we found ourselves in Bamenda to celebrate our country's birthday with other Americans. No fireworks but there were burgers, hot dogs and the like.

I now have access to regular internet through the end of PST so keep in touch once I get to my site I won't have network.

PST is getting well underway, I am just wrapping up my third week in Cameroon. It amazing how slowly time can move but at the same time it seems to be flying by. I feel like everyday here takes about a week but at the end of each week it seems like it flew by.    This week in training is immersion week. That means all french all the time (actually just on PC property); its a good idea but I will be spending my next two years speaking English so it seems a bit silly. I will know my particular site tomorrow, as of now I know that it is anglophone, so in the northwest or southwest regions. On Tuesday all of the education volunteers are leaving Bafia to visit our sites. On of the big questions everyone has is whether there will be Internet at site. Lots of volunteers have it, it is expensive, about 1/6th of my monthly income, but if it is available I will likely be buying it. Apparently it is slow but fast enough to skype. I am keeping my fingers crossed.   The presence of technology in Cameroon is a bit surprising. Nearly everyone has cell phones and internet is widespread and relatively inexpensive. If you use internet cafes it is less than one dollar per hour. True it is slow but it is available. TVs are also common and unlike Guinea there is more than one channel. The effect of western influences through media can be easily seen, from the way people dress to the music they listen to. Everyone knows Beyonce and other American artists. Surprisingly, I have not heard any Akon, that must just have been a Senegal/Guinea thing.   The big news in Cameroon is the world cup.Cameroon was supposed to do well; unfortunately they lost first to Japan and then to Denmark. I think there is one more game before they will be totally eliminated but as a whole I think the country was disappointed with their performance. My host mom blamed it on their youth and bad luck.   By the time I post again I will be able to write about my site. I should know what I will be teaching, I am hoping that it is not IT education. It is quite common for science teachers to be put in charge of computer labs...if that happens it could trigger an international incident. Not really, but I sat through an IT session last week once they started talking about changing the BIOS menu and replacing the RAM I realized I might be in need of some remedial courses. I will keep you updated on that front.

Well its 15 days in and I am just getting around to posting to my blog. Im using the french keyboard so I havent figured out where all the symbols are yet, so please excuse my terrible punctuation.  My time is Cameroon has been good so far. Ive made the transition to living with a host family and I am adjusting to my 7pm curfew.   My first impressions are that Cameroon is a relatively developed country. I think that I could get most everything that I am going to need in the larger cities. The only thing that I have been craving that I couldnt find in our training village is Peanut Butter. I spent a significant amount of time running around the market asking all of the peanut vendors if they sold peanut butter. No luck. I did get a tip that I could get it at the bakery but I have yet to verify.   Most of my time has been spent in classes, crosscultural; language etc... I know that my post will be in the anglophone region, either the northwest or southwest, apparently the contract that PC has with the Cameroonian government only allows for science instruction in the english speaking region. I was disappointed at first but the anglophone region has Mt Cameroon and it is supposed to be beautiful so I think it will be good. Plus, I al sure that I will be a better teacher in English than French.   So far things are as I expected. Living in a christian country is a different experience than Guinea. My family is catholic, I went to mass on Sunday. It lasted for almost 2 hours...not quite the 45 min mass that I was expecting. I will update further when I have some more stories to share.    

The bikes are getting ready for the journey home. Jeneca left for Africa today and I am off to Federal Way.

Jack

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Jeneca and Ales celebrating the finish of the ride.

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Here are the road treasures we have one dollar and nine cents, one clear marble, a token with no cash value and tan hands.

Jeneca and I are going to buy a lottery ticket with our findings. We could of had 17 cents more today but we left it stuck to the street in san clemente.

I will post it if we win.

Jack

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Biker tan lines. Jeneca is starting a new tan look

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Oceanside California. Bill and Jenny join us for lunch

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Jeneca and I are with in striking distance of the finish line. We are south of Newport on the Pacific Coast Highway. We have to navigate a bunch of small towns and small streets so it might be time consuming as we will need our book out.

Yesterday we rode thru LA, Venice Beach, Torrence, Malibu, Redondo Beach, and Long Beach. There were lots of cars and people. We went 27 miles down a street like Aurora in Seattle.

Jack

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The santa barbra bike path

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Our camp mate

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View out of tent in santa barbara

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Camp in santa barbara

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Camp pismo beach sunday afternoon

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Jeneca and I have made it to San Luis Obispo. We have stopped here to go to church at some friends house. Yesterday we had a good day riding. The sun was out and the wind was to our back. We climbed some tremendous hills and rode some fast downhill runs. We had to be real careful toward the end of the hills as the wind was so strong it all most blew you off the bike. The first time that happened was a little nerve raking. The wind was so strong on the flats that I could cruz at 14.6 mph with out pedaling. When we got over the last hill we were going 21 mph with no trouble. The flats made up for the 4 mph climbs.

This part of the ride from Big Sur to here was very beautiful. The coast is rugged and the beaches are amazing. Most of the coast is down 500 to 1000 feet. We saw sea otters in the kelp beds, palm trees growing on obscure sand beaches, streams coming out of rock faces and landscapes that we amazing.

We hit the 1100 mile mark on saturday.

We meet many very nice people on the route. I think the sun shine makes the tourists and the locals feel more friendly and engaging.

Jeneca was a strong rider today and smoked me on the hills. I think we only have a few more hills left on the trip.

Today will be a short day after church we will ride 200 miles and camp at oceano campground near pismo beach.

Yesterday we were stopped by a guy who was amazed were doing this trip on our 20 plus year old bicycles. It was an interesting discussion about technology. Later Jeneca and I figured out her bike is older then she is.

The bikes have been working well with no issues. They are old tanks with basic Technology a few gears and pedals. I am glad we do not have a bunch a stuff that could get messed up. I think this is a good thing to remember be simple and stick to the basics.

Jack

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Sea otters in the kelp

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View from top of big sur

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Leaving big sur up the first hill

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We had breakfast guests today. The Blue jays know where to find food.

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We are getting an early start today.

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The big sur river

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Sea life in the harbor

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Leaving .Monetrey om skyline drive in the Monetrey Forest

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Jeneca getting ready for the day

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The ride yesterday was very enjoyable. It is so nice riding in shorts and a shirt instead of long pants and rain gear.

We rode from San Jose Ca to Monetey CA. The ride was 76 miles. We climbed the backroads to Santa Cruz. The ride was through redwoods, oaks, and eucalyptus tress. The smells were amazing. We took a route called the old Santa Cruz Highway. We rode down hill 10 miles at 25 to 30 mph it was a blast. We saw deer roaming the area. We took a wrong turn which made us miss Santa Cruz and end up 6 miles North in Capitola. The mistake was worth it Capitola is beautiful and it is 6 miles north of Santa Cruz.

We rode thru the strawberry fields, the lettuce fields, and the artichoke fields. It was a busy place in the fields, but quite on the roads. The ocean wind was really strong in some places the ride was harder on the flat then some of the hills we have climbed.

I was talking to a farmer and it was interesting to find out what the field workers are being paid. The get 15 to 20 a flat and and hourly wage. He said the average picker is paid 200 dollars a day.

The most interesting road traffic was a pick up truck pulling three port a potties on a trailer. They were everywhere going from field to field.

Monterey is beautiful the ocean, trees, and sun. We camped at Veterans park. They played taps at 10 am and Revele at 630 am.

Jack

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We reach Monterey founded in1770

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Riding thru california strawberry fields

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Beach just south of santa cruz

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Jenca jumping for joy as we stop to have lunch in the sun capitola

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Start of old santa cruz hwy

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Jeneca on the warm climb after a day of rest. It is enjoyable riding in the sun.

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Jeneca

Hanging out at the post office because the Leggett motel closed 15 years ago. Poor planning on my part

Jack

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the eruption of Mt Saint Helens.

Today we are getting ready to leave Fortuna. Yesterday we road from Elk Prairie to here. We rode 62 miles. 32 miles were in rain. Riding in the rain is so much fun.

Elk Prairie is supposed to be a place where the wild elk hang out however they were no where to be seen.

The was amazing a few of our favorite hills but mostly towering redwood trees and beautiful views. We rode a trail from Trinidad to Arcata which went along the bluffs where the sea lions were barking to the farm lands where the cows and sheep were roaming.

The most difficult part of the ride was riding on the freeway from Arcata to Eureka. It is difficult riding through on ramps and off ramps. You really need to be alert.

We meet our first southbound travels. The german couple is riding from Seattle to San Diego to Las Vegas to Yellowstone to Seattle. They are talking six months. So far we have meet four going north two from germany and to from Switzerland, an two going south from Germany.

We must be to early for Americans.

I looked at the rain map and it looks like we are home free the rest of the week.

Jack

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It's the 9th day of the ride. I'd like to say its flying by, but actually it's been a lot of work. I didn't realize how hilly the ride was going to be when I started. The good news is that climbing hills is getting easier the bad news is the biggest climbs are yet to come. We're taking a rest day today, but we'll be back riding tomorrow with the first of the California hills. We have two 1000 ft climbs to start our day tomorrow, we may try to do them this afternoon but it depends on how we're feeling.

We've been camping at State Parks. With $5 hiker/biker sites and hot showers it's a pretty slick deal. My dad brought my mom's Big Agnes but left the pad at home so maybe he's enjoying camping a little less.

We're in California now, we still have over 1000 miles to go if we make it all the way to Mexico. The Oregon Coast ride was beautiful. I've added some more photos to the album if you want to check it out. I am looking forward to California an the possibility of some sun. It looks like we're going to have rain tomorrow no matter where we are but the forecast for the rest of the week looks good. We've been really lucky, with only one day of light rain so far.

Promoting Federal Way Business 560 miles in to our ride to San Diego

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Jeneca in California at 535 May 15, 2010. Eight days and 560 miles in to the trip

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Our morning view

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Canberry fields we are in the farm land of the coast lots of sheep, chickens, and cows.

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The Bandon Mermaids coming to shore

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Jeneca after a great lunch

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Jeneca and I are sitting in Bandon Oregon in the sun at the harbor sitting down to lunch at Bandon Fish Market. I ate here in 2002 when I took Jackson to college. It is hard to believe it has been that long ago.

Today we started out from Sunset Bay State Park. The road out of the park is called the seven devils. We climbed up seven hills for 20 miles. We rode the top of coast range. There was not much to see but trees, logged trees, and the next hill. There was a great 2.5 mile drop where the speeds got up to 31 miles an hour.

The camp site last night was very nice. It is amazing that you can camp and have a hot shower for 5 bucks.

Jeneca and I have the camping thing down. It takes 15 minutes to get set up. Breaking down is a little longer as we need to get the joints moving. Today was easier then yesterday.

I finally figured out the sleeping bag Jenny lent me. I firgured I knew how to use a sleeping bag, but the Big Agnes needs instructions. If you do not have a pad to insert in to the bottom you get real cold as there is no down on the bottom. Of course I did not bring the pad. The first night I was really cold, but did not know why until I called home for instructions. Last night was better as I made a pad for the bag.

When we're get the next stop we will update with pictures and thoughts

Jack

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We are having fun starting today on the seven devils. Climb. The first devil was a killer.

Friday 9 am

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We just climbed to the top of Winchester Bay. Jeneca smoked me up the hill, she is becoming the climbing champ.

3 45 pm Thursday

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Jeneca checking in with Mom

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Our morning vista 5 miles in to Thursday

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Cape Meares Lighthouse, The shortest lighthouse in OR

The Cabin at Cape Meares where we spent the night

300 miles into the Trip. Just before Lincoln City, OR after a day of climbing hills.

Day 4 what a day. Jeneca and I started at 9 am. We figuring it would be a piece of cake to get to Newport today. Newport is only 75 miles from where we started. The day started with a 1.5 mile climb after we had ridden about a mile. We thought no big deal until we got to a climb that was 2.5 miles to the top, followed by a 1 mile climb, and then finishing with a 2 mile climb before we got to Lincoln City. The rest of the climbs were only a half mile or less. Today we rode from sea level to 750 feet 3 time and 500 feet 2 time and 300 feet more time then I can count. After 53 miles we were ready for a break so we stopped in Lincoln City.

We did see many interesting sites today. we visited the Camp Meares light house which was built in 1889. It's light can be seen 21 miles out to sea. It sits on the top of the first 1.5 mile climb we made. we made the mistake of riding down to see it and had not thought about having to ride up the hill to get back to the down hill ride. It was well worth the quarter mile climb to get back to the road. we meet some nice people who gave us the low down on a great restaurant in Big Sur. We will report on it when we try it out.

As we climbed the second hill of the day we came to a look out which was great. the views were amazing. As were gazing out over the 500 foot drop a bunch of guy came up and started talking about flying of the cliff. We had stopped at their run way. After a short discussion one of the guys got in his gear and flew off the cliff. it was very interesting hearing them discuss if there was enough lift to go or not. Finally one got ready and went and everyone else decided it was safe for them to go also. It must be tough being the first of the cliff.

Today's ride was on the old 101 so there were very few cars, which made the sounds of the ocean and the birds amazing to hear.

the weather has been wonderful. it rained on day one and has been really pleasant ever since. we have seen sun but no to much. The clouds have been coming and going and keeping it cool for most of the day.

Today my daughter says I qualified for senior pricing at restaurants. I will have to try it and see if it works. Maybe I will get carded i haven't been asked for id since I was 30.

My son the hotsot bike rider called and asked how far we got today and then proceded to say we were slow riders. After reflecting on the day I am not sure he could have made it much further. When i attempted this ride 20 years ago I missed this portion of the ride. I rode from Tillamook to Lincoln City and only had to climb two hills. I did not realize I had missed the 3 capes portion of the ride.

When you ride you have a lot of time to think and count. Today i only counted 4 drive thru espresso shops, two beaver ponds, more house for sale signs then I can remember, and hardly any beer cans. The Oregon bottle bill must be working. I have also been collecting lost money as I ride. I am up to 32 cents so far.

Jack