That generally is my experience with wilderness areas – the designation brings in the masses who search for wilderness and assume with such a classification it must offer something greater and better than parts of the Adirondacks not officially designated as wilderness.
They looked quite worried 😯
How are you feeling they asked. I didn’t bring a day sack, I had left the water and banana back at my bicycle some three miles back at the wilderness boundary. I had just my keys, wallet, cigarette lighter and cellphone on me. It’s fine, if I had to spend the night in the woods I’d be fine. Drank plenty of water before the three mile hike back to Spruce Lake.
I took a decent but not overpowering hit of cannabis before I left camp, riding my mountain bike ten miles to the wilderness boundary on Jessup River Road. My eyes were a bit blood shot but the woods was amazing with the rich colors. Safety advocates and the Forest Rangers would likely cuss me out for being irresponsible but I knew the trail back here would be well established and marked and it was only 3 relatively flat miles. Deep blue skies, the sparkles on lake were so pretty. I did wear an orange safety vest, mostly for riding but also some hunting seasons are now open, it’s September. Best to be seen!
Should kids be allowed cell phones in schools? 🚸 🔕
I don’t think so but I also don’t think children should be allowed to have cell phones at all. I get that’s a hard sell these days when every other child has a phone – and I would have been cranky had cell phones been a thing when I was child and I wasn’t allowed to have one.
But I think technology is harmful to children and I think it best that kids grow up with as little as possible. I’m not convinced that home internet or television is healthy for anyone, though I see the benefit of at least parents having access to the outside world via the internet. But it should be in a controlled fashion with the youth finding other ways to entertain themselves like playing outdoors.
Forked Mountain – 1907/1910
Prior to the 1920s, there was no road developed along the east side of the Scanadaga River north of wells heading up to Speculator, just a foot path. What would become NY 8 would run along the south-east side of East Branch of the Scanadaga River, and Gilmantown Road was the main route from Wells to Spectulator.
Spectulator Area
This physical map shows the terrian around Speculator in Central Hamilton County including Lake Algonquin, Lake Pleasant, Elm Lake and part of Piseco Lake.
Does smoking pot make you more creative?
That’s the answer I’ve been trying to get a consensus on by searching the internet, reading books and watching YouTube. I’ve also been experimenting myself, trying to take in the experience and see when and when it does not make me more creative.
People are very opinionated on this matter. My experience with getting high is the experience is what you make of it and ensuring you consume the right amount of a good satvia strain. Some strains are marketed towards creativity but with all things getting high, it’s what you put into it. Getting high amplifies and distorts the signals slightly in your brain but it doesn’t on its own create new, creative ideas or put you in the mood to be extra creative.
The truth is when you are high, it’s really hard to think clearly enough and to write down your thoughts. But as the high wears off – and you have consumed the cannabis in moderation – you do get a feeling of creativity, unburdened by fears of the past and future which too often put a clamp on the creative mind. Pot doesn’t make the world colorful or sparkle but it does enhance the colors and details including the glistening leaves and water. It frees you of the baggage of all you carry in the mind allowing you to tune into the now.