Good morning, Happy Thursday. Dark and cloudy but warm enough that I shut the heat off and opened the windows to let some fresh air in.

The Thursday bus situation was a cluster like usual. I started to walk down to the Park and Ride but turned around when I saw there was no estimated time for arrival for the bus. Started to drive down to the Park and Ride but before got out of the driveway turned around and decided I would end up driving to work, so I ended up walking down to the local bus stop. The local in turn was running 7-8 minutes late. I guess you can’t win these days

Realize I priced out the wrong type of spare tire for my truck. At least I didn’t spend any money and the change will end up costing less. I’m kind of interested in figuring out the spare before I get stranded too far in the backcountry.

I also want to build the shelf that will store the spare tire. The current shelf wasn’t properly rebuilt after the crash last summer and I want to add room for the spare tire, add a light for the shelf, and wire up USB power ports so I can charge my cellphone without necessarily using the inverter. There are plenty of inexpensive LED lights and 12 volt powered USB plugs at Walmart these days.

But none of that will hold up camping. I only take a few trips in April and May and these things aren’t essential. It won’t be like last year with the fried inverter, which delayed camping trips for a few weeks.