I’m thankful for small towns not too far from home

The country, the small towns, the rural life that is only a few minutes away when hopping in my pickup truck. While I don’t explore the backroads as much as I did in my younger years, I still spend a lot of time visiting small towns and camping in the wilderness. I always like seeing the farms, the mountains, the charming downtowns and businesses. While I don’t live in the country today, I know some day I’ll will again have that opportunity.

Not quite as much of a rush today πŸ›»

That’s one advantage to driving in today, no bus to catch and I can leave later then if I were to ride in. Hopefully today I can get the spoke dropped in the wheel at lunch time and it remounted when I get home.

Still watching the forecast for the weekend, β›ˆ Friday’s thunderstorms look problematic for heading out of town on Friday. Might do the quick over night and visit the Gas Up on my own. 🚜 Then with the warming trend, take the following Friday June 21st off – – and leave the Thursday night before for the Potholers for a three-day weekend. πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ I am thinking about checking the patches on my tube, adding some fix-a-flat to ensure no leaks, and floating down the East Canada Creek not this week but the following week. πŸ›Ά Also been thinking about paddling Lily Lake and doing some other kayaking locally. Almost thought about bringing my kayak into work today and kayaking the Hudson River after work, but it’s still kind of a cool and gray day – – and I might need to pick up my bike wheel after work.

Other then that I’ve been going through my list πŸ“ƒ and realize there is a lot of things I missed at work on Monday. Random things came up between my two jobs that proved to be a distraction and got cranking out some maps πŸ—Ί for the blog. Maybe I wasn’t ready to fully face πŸ˜” the day on Monday. At any rate, it’s Tuesday and I’ll get the essentials done right away when I get into the office including running the report I forgot to run on Monday. Lunch time, I need to make sure to block off to get to Steiner’s to get that spoke put in. I’m really hopeful that gets done right away or can be done in the afternoon and I can pick the wheel up by leaving work a bit early. I don’t love driving in 🚘 even with the acres of parking πŸ…Ώ but hopefully this is a one shot deal.

Sand Lake

 Sand Lake

Sand Lake is a 1/3rd of a mile away from Piseco Powley Road. The trail is somewhat overgrown and marshy, so a paddle cart won't work for well for carrying a boat back here, but with another person you should be able to get back here.