Good morning! Independence Day weekend! 🇺🇸

Maybe it would have been nice to head out to town for the long weekend but work didn’t wrap up until after 8 pm, I didn’t have the coolers packed and I needed groceries, plus it is a holiday weekend so I figured the best campsites fill early.

Partly cloudy and 75 degrees at John Boyd Thacher State Park. 🌦️ Occasional rain showers, very humid. There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 11 am.

It was such a long and miserable day yesterday, 🤮 just hours and hours waiting around until that gun bill got started and New Yorkers got to start to learn what second amendment rights 🔫 they were loosing based on a law negotiated in complete secrecy under the cover of darkness. Twitter and the reporters had no idea – and I doubt 🤷‍♂️ even the lobbyists knew as insiders like myself had no idea. Wrecked any hopes of getting out of town early for me, not the it’s a banner weather day today. 🌦️ Showers about, very humid.

Today I’m out walking 🚶 and exploring Thacher Park. 🏞 The bus is free although I much preferred the schedule last year when it ran weekly on the hour so. This year it is far less frequent and I have to get the bus from Slingerlands which is far less nice than Five Rivers. 🐸 But it’s still free. Not as popular as the old service though. Very hazy today.

Tomorrow I’m heading out to Rennselear County to hike 🚶 and possibly hammock camp. 😴 Nothing is set in stone but I have packed maps and have a plan. 🗺 Nights are short now, though might be buggy but I might pack a bed sheet to cover me in the hammock. I also want to get some sparklers ✨ and fountains to shoot off the next time I’m in the woods. Do a late four of July celebration.

Next weekend I’ll probably head up north to the Potholers and do a long weekend. ☺ A lot depends on the forecast but I hope to leave fairly early on Friday and take off the following Monday. I have a pre-poll memo 📝 to review next week but I’m hoping to do it before I leave.