Good morning! Well, plans change. 😞

I was all packed for heading up to the Adirondacks, until I looked at the forecast which is calling for rain and wind by afternoon, followed by wet snow most of tomorrow, then cold and cloudy come Sunday with a strong wind. And red flag conditions and I like to burn things. Yeah, that’s not going to work.

Mostly sunny and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. 😎 Calm wind.

So yeah, I packed all my clothes, food and camping gear last night, 🏕 and now I got to unpack them today. It’s a disappointing because it looks like such a nice day today.

I am a really bummed about not heading out of town, 🙁 but sitting in a cold rain and snow, and cloudy days doesn’t sound like much. It will be raining in a few hours this afternoon in the Adirondacks with the wind expected to bring lake-effect showers off the lake and push them into the Adirondacks.

Instead, I am working on a new plan for today. I want to do some reading, 📚 sand and prime my truck from the winter rust damage, 🚛 and finish sorting the recycables ♻️ for a trip to the transfer station on Saturday. Some of that paper and plastic I was going to burn, I am going to do the green and legal thing and recycle. 🌲 I mean Earth Day is coming 🌎 and some of that plastic stuff can stink like burn barrel especially if it’s not burning well 🔥 and it’s a cold and rainy day. Maybe some of it being recycled will end up as plastic board or paperboard, although with the escalating costs at the transfer station makes me cynical about that point.  But at least it has a chance of getting diverted from the landfill, and won’t necessarily all be turned into CO2. 💨 Plus I have a years worth of cans to recycle. 🥫

I am thinking mid-to-later in the day I will walk out to Five Rivers. 🐸 The trails will probably be soggy but I can get in a lot of steps on Meads Road, then some of the paved or gravel roads at Five Rivers. SIt and listen to the spring peepers for a bit, probably see some deer and birds. I wonder if there will be as many red-winged black birds out that way — I haven’t been seeing as many locally, 🕊 although most mornings I’ve been hearing the mourning doves around and they are loud.