Bill, that's how I operate, too. However, we do have a pocket of woods (not real backcountry, but there is some remote camping permitted) about 20 minutes away; sometimes I go there for a quick weekend - I'll turn the phone back on long enough in the evening to call my wife and tell her goodnight, then turn it off again. I think of the call as a no-additional-weight luxury (the phone goes with me for the same reason you carry yours.)