I decided to pause a bit down at Rockwood Lake. Clouds and 41 degrees. There is a east breeze at 9 mph. 🍃 It was raining when I first got here – it started to pour when I was fishing 🎣 at Stewart Landing dam and was pretty miserable at Middle Sprite Creek but it’s gotten slightly better. No bites but at least I didn’t loose any tackle.

Been a few years since I last was at Rockwood Lake. 🚶 It was raining then too. But it’s a nice loop hike assuming you don’t mind a bit of road hiking. Shortly I’ll head back to the truck and I’m going to head down to Tribes Hill and Fort Hunter and then to Thirty to avoid Amsterdam and driving on the expressway. 🚙 Never gone that way before, I like taking the back roads and seeing the way of life out in farm and mountain country. 🚜 Someday I’ll get back there, one dollar 💵 at a time. That said, this week at work, we were doing things on ATV policy and also the STAR 🌟 rebate checks and I was reminded how much the state screws average working folk 👷. I could never own land in New York.

The rain is coming down again. I better get back on the trail again.