Walking laps in the Plaza and doing the stairs in the LOB this morning again. I figure get an early start and get in an hour of walking before work.

After such a dry period it suddenly changed 🌧️as the high pressure finally moved off the coast. 🌀 It should be interesting how this all plays out but it seems like we are entering a much more active weather pattern though December isn’t as cold as it once was. But at least this weekend doesn’t look as cold and windy as it once was predicted 🔮 to be.

I’m still a bit undecided if I will head north this weekend 🏕️ or wait another week. Some depends on if I can get the big database update 💾launched before Thanksgiving 🦃 because I need to be in the office to oversee the launch of that. If I go north I want to take off Monday and a few more days so I can maximize the trip and possibly get up to Newcomb. I have the time to use up before the end of the year but things are busy and because I gave a lot of staff off around the holidays 🎅 guess who will be in the office keeping all the systems humming with last minute jobs.

While the DEC’s own website 🕸️ is intentionally vague about the so called fire 🔥 ban through November 30thif you read 📖 the governor’s press release, it’s nothing beyond the normal restrictions and doesn’t apply to fires in a contained manner such a fire pit like most of the campsites have. 💧 And after all the rain it’s not like the fire risk is that high. So that’s not a consideration. But I don’t want to be camping with a roaring wind. Or be traveling icy roads. 🌨️ Who knows what happens the following weekend weather wise, though it’s the end of regular season statewide 🦌, black 🖤 powder follows that. I just worry that the Adirondacks will get a tons of snow after Thanksgiving and that can make parking 🅿️ difficult even if I hot tent 🎪.