Day: July 31, 2025💾

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It would have been a rainy day up at camp 🌧️

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Summer vacation would be winding down had I left last Friday on schedule and been up there this week. The first half of the week would have been hot but nice by the pool, with fiery red sunsets with the wildfire smoke. Weeks go by so quickly, and I’m not sure if it would have been a meaningful week, especially as I’ve done so many trips out to the Fingers Lakes before, and the reserve of new places to explore and things to do is relatively limited. Plus who knows how much fun it would be with my anxious mind on vacation.

I have not canceled my summer vacation, I am just postponing it to later in August at this point. I still think I will go, assuming my old truck is up to it. Yet, I’m hardly excited about it, it’s more of an excuse to use up vacation time that I will otherwise loose if I don’t take those days off. It’s fine, but I am still more focused on my trip out to Michigan next year.

Rainy day

Map: Gull Lake
Map: Granger State Forest
Map: Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Mangement Areas

Rensselaerville NY

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Rensselaerville was once part of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, as such the people who farmed the land were technically leaseholders of the patroon under a feudal system, first as part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, then under the English colony, and then U.S. state, of New York. Some of the earliest settlement in Rensselaerville was along the five Native American paths that crossed the town in the early 18th century. The southwestern corner along one of these, that connected the Hudson River to the Schoharie Valley was the first section of the town to be settled, this would be around 1712. This path was also the one used during wars between the Stockbridge Indians and those at Schoharie.

Rensselaerville was created from part of the town of Watervliet in 1790. In 1795, the northern part of the town was lost to create the new town of Berne. Additional territory was lost from the eastern part of the town upon the formation of the town of Westerlo in 1815.

Rensselaerville NY

Map: Big Eddy Trail
Map: Wilcox Lake - Willis Lake Trail
Terrain Map: Burnt Hill