Delaying Vacation Only a Little Bit 🏖️

I wasn’t going to go to the Guilderland Town Board Meeting to speak about further comments on the Albany Pine Bush Conservation but I knew I should go and Lynne reached out to me. The kayak was on the roof of my truck, I packed my clothes yesterday and filled the water and propane, so it’s just the dry goods which I did before leaving for the meeting, and the cooler and personal things like contact solution and my toothbrush in the morning. Not going to bother with showering before heading out to camp though I might do a quick shave and will brush my teeth. I want to do a bit of cleaning and double checking my packing list.

I was going to leave before the morning rush hour, but it looks like rain is going to stick around in the Finger Lakes until 1 or 2 PM so no need to rush it and be setting up in the rain. If I leave at 9 AM, I’ll miss the morning rush on the expressway, still have time to get bacon, get small dollar bills for farm stands and ice cream stands, stock up on sweet corn and produce at a stand on the way out there, and maybe clams. I got some needed supplies like lighter fluid for getting a fire started tomorrow with the woods being all wet and not having a lot of burnables to get a fire started. I figure that’s a reasonable time-table.

So yeah. I think truck is running good after driving to work and then out to Guilderland with the kayak on. I’ll tighen the ropes up before leaving and I do need to gas up in Rotterdam when I get bacon before getting on I-88 to head south to NY 206 then west out along NY 79 to Ithaca and ultimately the National Forest. I have that grass I never opened up so that will be good and I have plenty of beer both for clams and drinking. Thursday doesn’t look like a banner day out in the Finger Lakes either but it’s a good one for hanging out at camp, listening to audio books and reading e-books. Friday still seems like it will be a good day to spend in Ithaca paddling and swimming, Saturday then I want to do Pennsylvania and the Pine Creek George Trail as Sunday looks to be stormy.

I don’t know if I’ll have time to do a blog post in the morning but I might do one come the evening once I get camp set up. Depends how I feel but I’ll at least post some quick photos from camp. Now the key is not to forget too many important and irreplaceable things when I leave for camp. I think my list and most of the important stuff already packed.