No Media Assignment

In order to complete this assignment with the least degree of discomfort and anxiety I should go to a place where electronic signals for cell phones and internet were not available. I know of such a place, and they even have running water and comfortable houses. I determined to complete this assignment during Spring Break so I could fulfill two desires at one time; get away from the rat race and complete the no new/electronic media assignment. My theory about completing the assignment was right, it was easy to shut my phone off and leave my laptop in my bag for two days. After explaining the assignment to my host she was more than willing to support me by turning off her television set for the two days, (she has sattlelite TV) so I could live away from electronic media as much as possible. My theory was right, it was easy and I did accomplish two things at once.
However, electronic media is ubiquitous. How do we function without it? The microwave is digital, I just bought a sewing machine that is digital, the clocks in the house are digital (I don't have a watch but if I did it would probible be digital), The stove I cook on has digital components, Engineers use digital equipment to create highways, waterways and flight patterns. The components in the dashboard of my car are digital. In reality, even though I shut off my phone and left my laptop hidden I still could not live without digital devices. I had to drive to my destination using digital devices in my car. I wonder if I completly lived without digital devices or just the ones with high usage by the individual. It was easy to leave some things alone but what about the digital-superstructure (or infastructure) that has been created around me, how do I shut that off? What functions without the digital infastructure around us? Television, radio, basically all mass communication (even print) is digitally based. Transportation, agricultural, fabrication, engineering and medical are all digital. What remains? Some people have horses and oxes for pulling plows, and forges with leather bellows that require manual opertion. I can't even go fishing without someone showing up with a digital device to show me where the fish are. How we simplified our life or just digitized it?
I concede that digital is all around us, though there are times I would like to get away from it I find that I can't. It's part of everything I do.