No good VFR basically anywhere within fuel range. This was on the West Coast of Canada. All the coastal airports were IFR and all the rest in range were basically in valleys which were clagged in. I just checked the flight was 24 years ago so I did not have a cel. I did have a handheld radio but I did not have it with me which reflected some more less than great decision making on my part
What prompted me to write this was the thread in the Instructor forum discussion how to deal with complex emergencies. I am still here so I survived, which I think was due to the fact that after a bunch of bad decisions I made some good ones. Any complex emergency demands a very systematic approach to problem solving and decision making. As I wrote in the instructor post I went right back to the basics of "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate" to guide and prioritize my actions