Day: May 20, 2025💾

It’s 46 degrees outside with a strong wind. Sunny but it’s definately not what you would expect for the second half of May when there are many years at this point when it’s in 80s and muggy. But the muggers are in hiding at least fot a while. Maybe they’re afraid the Trumpster will deport them.

I mean it’s not that cold, ❄️ says the boy who rides his mountain bike 40 minutes to work in middle of January with the wind roaring and mercury in single digit, but what can I say I’m a crazy pyromaniac who wants to buy or build that off-grid cabin so I can burn whatever I want whenever. 🔥 I was listening to the Boggleheads Guide to Investing on my ride in the other day, and they suggested 💰 one way to save money on your commute was to ride to work versus driving or taking the bus, though I’m not sure if that’s true with parts wearing out on bike and bus fares so relatively cheap these days. But you can’t beat the fun and health virtues of riding. 🦵

Bike is riding great, 🚴 though now I’m back to listening to every noise to see if I can guess what will break next. The brakes are good, but those new pads are noisy when stopping hard, like a city garbage truck, even when I clean them well with the brake clean. Front wheel I trued and the back wheel is good but the tire is getting worn but I should be able to get a few more months out of it. My woke bike riding friend, suggests getting thorn tubes, and says his have lasted for 40,000 miles, though I have my doubts especially for mountain bike tires. I want to have something with decent grip on gravel and the light trail riding I do, though I try to be gentle as I don’t want to wreck another wheel right away. 🛠️

Need groceries 🛒as it’s already been a week since I last shopped so I will bring extra bags 🛍️ and stop at Hannaford most likely on the way home. 🍏 Just need to replenish the fresh fruit and veggies along with some frozen fruits and vegetables. 🍓 🥦 Do a bigger shop on Thursday or maybe Friday morning before heading up to camp.

Weekend still looks to be cool 🌥️ and maybe fairly cloudy. I still think I want to get away for the weekend, 🏕️ do some camping, riding, maybe some fishing and just hanging out. I am leaning towards the Green Mountains, though it looks like if I stay farther west, things might be better especially on Friday evening into Saturday. Not going to be a real nice weekend, pretty cold but so be it. I’ll bring the propane heater so I can warm myself as needed and screen tent to avoid the bugs. 🎪

I think I will call 📞 the Forest Service in Vermont to see if Somerset Road FR 74 is going to be open come the weekend as that would be nice to camp there and ride during the weekend though I suspect the Deerfield River would be mad cold to swim 🏊 so I’m not planning that. I’ve been talking about camping and biking there for a year or so now – that was the plan last year but the road was closed last Memorial Day. 🚧