Good morning! Happy Easter. 🐰

The lord has risen and children have learned lifelong unhealthy habits with fistfuls of overly sweet chocolate, once granted to celebrate the end of lent but now mostly because its good for the marketers profits.

Sunny and 47 degrees at the Rensselaerville State Forest. 🌞 There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Finally not so cold the day I’m taking down camp. ⛺ The relaxed breeze really helps with the warmth of the sun.

I took camp down and walked back to the Hillcross Farm Parcel of Rennselearville State Forest. 🏞 Just to spend more time taking in the mountains ⛰ and pulling ticks off my body. Between today and yesterday I have pretty much fully explored the new state land and feel fairly confident I can make some really nice maps up. 🗺

Yesterday turned out to be much colder than I certainly expected. 🌬️ Sunny but gusty winds made it difficult for it to get warm. The sun angle is high as we are in April but the melting snow and moisture from the wet ground made it quite chilly. Friday’s red flag 🚩 warning ⚠ was a joke out in this country but then again I was less than a mile from the end of the Red Flag zone. But Friday was super windy for sure, even worse than today.

Besides hiking all around Hillcross Farm Parcel yesterday 🐦 I also hiked out to the Mount Pisgah Hill overlooking more of the Catskills. And that definitely is a hill to climb. It’s just impressive looking as you head up the summit.

More healthy, delicious camp meals yesterday. 🐠 Salmon, brown rice, lentils, asparagus, onions and broccoli 🥦 for dinner. I broke out the blueberries I bought as a midday snack and finished off the yogurt with them. It was warm and less windy last night so the fire 🔥 I had was nice.