Fewer trips planned this summer ⛺

This summer I have significantly fewer trips planned for several reasons:

• Gas prices and inflation make traveling a lot more expensive with my Big Jacked Up Truck – to say nothing of rising food and beer prices.
• I’m trying to cut expenses and put away more money, especially with the stock market down, so I have more ability to grow my savings and buy land eventually.
• Work demands, as a Deputy Director means I’m a lot more busy and need to be available especially as we head into the busy fall season.
• I do too much hard drinking, eating unhealthy foods and laying around in the sun when camping and it’s much healthier to stay home and walk out to Five Rivers.
• I’m trying to save miles on Big Red so I can get a few more years out of him.

I didn’t get out of town at all in May and only one trip in April. Burnt Rossman and the Mine Kill State Park pool and other Schoharie attractions aren’t that far but with gas prices these days even that ain’t cheap.

But here is what I’m thinking summer/autumn will look like for me:

• Mid July – Piseco-Powley and the Potholers when actually hot out
• Late July / Early August – Finger Lakes National Forest and state parks but maybe not every day on vacation due to gas prices and inflation
• Late August – Piseco Powley, some hiking. Unless I have to remote work on that vacation, then maybe Spectulator – Mason Lake or Old Route 8B if repaired
• September – not sure if I will get away
• October – Stoney Pond, Cazenovia
• November – Maybe an autumn trip after Election Day but probably not with gas prices. Maybe something shorter close to home. Not sure if I’ll hunt this fall