Day: April 11, 2026

Rained for a while after dark yesterday, but this morning has brilliant but maybe a bit chilly skies with a stiff breeze, mercury around 42 degrees. Still my windows are open as I like fresh air, though I may close them before I head out for the day.

I am going to head over to Ruth’s to order the truck cap today, 🚚 hoping that I can take delivery in June or maybe July at this point, but I think it’s worth the wait to get the one I really want. Patience is a virtue. I go back and forth about the ARE MX Cap, but I like the one I had on my old rig, doing a similar configuration with the outdoorsman windoors, but with one change – I want a sliding window in the front and if possible a boot between the cab and cap to keep out dust and allow at least some heat/air conditioning to pass betwee, along with run a power cord to cab when I want to work from the cab. 🤷‍♂️ We will see how it goes, I have no idea about order delays until I got there. But I know what I am up against, but what may have been true a few years ago with order delays may be less true now. Things will be a lot more expensive then 15 years ago, but I’ll get a lot of use out of this truck cap like I did the other one. I guess if it’s not an option I could swing by Capital Region Truck Center and look at a Jericho Cap or maybe head up to Galway and consider a Leer but I might not want to do that this weekend.

I am going to shower in a bit, 🚿 but first the pinto beans 🍲 need to cook down a bit on the stove. Maybe head out a little after 9 AM this morning. First stop would be to head to Goodwill on Western Avenue to look at clothes for work, then over to Ruth’s to hopefully order a cap there, and then over to Salvation Army to see what other clothing options are out there. 👚 Then hiking in the Pine Bush. I would bring my mountain bike, but I don’t have bed map out of my old truck, and no good way to secure the bike in the truck, and I don’t want to scratch the bed or bike up. So it will be a nice hike day to hike. 🚶 Going to bring the camera and take a bunch of picture to upload later on. Hoping to spot a lot of signs of spring. 🌸 Then I want to go to Walmart on Washington Avenue Extension and get some groceries, and head home.  But not until after 5 PM to avoid the worse of the Saturday. I would prefer to watch the sun set in Pine Bush but that would make for a pretty long day. 🌇 We’ll see.