Day: February 15, 2026

Nothing like a few giggles to start out the morning with some homemade bread, coffee and frozen fruit. In a little bit I am going to ride over to Glenmont on my mountain bike to get a few more groceries and supplies at Wally World. Probably go through the suburban sprawl neighborhoods and then out Bender Lane.

Supposed to have some sun and milder temperatures, ☀️ but if it’s anything like yesterday, the sun will be little and far in between. It’s fine, it’s February and there is still a lot of snow around, so no big plans besides riding down to Glenmont today – and more reading and studying. Yesterday, did a few more hours in exploring the auto buying process, I think I have my stragety down for next week, make an appointment to look at three SuperDuty trucks I’m interested in, leave with the proposed buyer’s order with all fees, dealer add ons and taxes included, and then study that and make comparisons to what other dealers are offering by reaching out to Internet Sales Managers. I don’t want to negotiate on sales floor, I would rather do the talking over email or the phone. 📞 This gives me time to study and know exactly what I am getting at what price. And I just don’t want to sit down, waste time in dealerships while the stall for bathroom and smoke breaks while the salesman is talking to sales manager.

I thought about going out to Five Rivers yesterday, 🐦 but the snow is so deep and I got reading and hanging out. Made black beans in the morning, then later on followed it up with brown rice, onions and beans. Later in the afternoon I needed some bread 🍞 up and let that rise overnight. 📚 Books and even more YouTube yesterday, mostly just hanging out and trying to stay reasonably warm in the cold. ❄️ It’s just a few more weeks of this winter crap, in another month things should be moderating significantly. Today promises to be sunny and warmer, so I might go down later today. But first going to smoke some weed, as my neighbor is gone, and then hang out before heading over to Walmart. The way I look at it, it’s good exercise to ride at least a little bit each day. 🦵🏻Breaks up the bordum too.

I mean if I had Big Red 🛻 still on the road, I might have done Rensselearville State Forest this weekend but yesterday was kind of cold and gray, and while more sun is expected today, ☀️ hardly going to be a banner day weather wise. And same thing with Monday. I’m just kind of ready for winter to be done, to build the new rig and move on with life. Maybe I should be in more of a rush, as time is short, but winter is long, and honestly I don’t love it. Maybe when I have that off-grid cabin with the wood stove I’ll feel different about winter, but now it’s just kind of something to plow through and get it, maybe save money by staying home.