Humming along with Harry Nilison’s Everybody’s Talking, snapping photos, I’m going to where the sun keeps shining through the pouring rain. Reading, giggling, dreaming. Bigger than the SuperDuty!
Maybe not the nicest day ever but so far not a washout. ๐ง๏ธ A bit of rain showers briefly earlier and I hung out in the truck cap ๐ and watched a video or two, did some reading ๐. I actually wanted a quiet ๐ซข day to do some reading and later some fishing. ๐ฃ Time to just hang out and study the wildflowers ๐ธ and anything that captures my imagination on the library apps on my phone. Listen to music ๐ถ and while the rain holds off maybe lay in the hammock.
Not every day of vacation needs to be crazy, ๐คช there is nothing wrong with listening to Karen Dalton as the drizzle falls out of the sky. ๐ฉต Are you leaving for the country? ๐ I guess I just got to be careful adn not slide and fall in any of the cow plop. I actually really just wanted at least some quiet days like this on vacation, and while more rain is possible if not likely this afternoon into evening, so far it hasn’t been a complete washout.
The clouds, rain and staying parked for two days should really test out the camper and solar system. โก No leaks on the cap so far, but we’ll see with the rain. Since fixing the loose wires and bolt yesterday, the electrical system and solar seems to be working good on the SuperDuty including the starting battery ๐ชซ gauge. So I’m happy with that. The nice thing with the truck having the remote start is If either the starting or accessory batteries get too low, I can hit the key fob and the truck will idle for 15 minutes and then shut down automatically, without me even having to climb out the bed or from my chair. Good if we got real hard rain. The forecasts very from light rain to 2-3 inches of rain, especially in the evening. A lot depends on just how the patterns come and go.
The good news ithe forecast has improved for the first half of the week. Tuesday continues to look like a go for the Blackwell Trip Crown, Pine Creek Gorge and Lambs Overlook. ๐จ Monday I want to get to bed by 9 PM or maybe earlier, and be up at 5 AM the next morning, and on the road by 6 AM to Pennsylvania. It’s going to be a long day, but I have good headlights on the SuperDuty and Glen Dairy bar is open until 10 PM. As long as I”m back to the Glen by 9 PM it won’ t be pitch black. I figure if I get on the road by 7:30 or at least before 8 PM from the Ansonia area of the Pine Creek Gorge, especially after getting a beer at the Burning Barrel bar, ๐ป you know because, burning barrels and stinky hillbilly incense freedom. Then head north on PA’s newest section if i-99 and take that north to NY 414 – beaver Dams in Corning back to Watkins Glen.
I have wood put away for a campfire tonight, ๐ฅ depending on how cold and damp it is. I might end just spending the evening reading in the truck, it all depends on the weather, as the evening might be the wettest part of the day. But relaxing, hanging out at camp was kind of my plan ๐๏ธ for at least some nights here on summer vacation. ๐ฆฅ There are just some days I wanted to devote to just relaxing and not running from place to place. Sometimes I swear summer vacation seems like running from one state park to another. Yesterday, I was might cheesed ๐ชค out about them now charging to park at the Upper Black Diamond ๐ธ rail trail lot at Taughannock but it’s dumb as I have state park pass, and I could tap it on the machine, and it made it easier and quicker when I went to Taughannock in the afternoon. It was absolutely packed at the park yesterday, I really did not enjoy the crowds at all. ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง It was still a lot of fun though paddling on Cayuga Lake.
Tomorrow I am planning on Ithaca. Depending on how cold and wet it is and how much propane heat I use, I might need propane from Tractor Supply ๐ฎ and posslbly more weed to smoke. ๐ฌย Thinking of hiking some of the trails up at Cayuga Heights. Not sure if I am going to bring the kayak or not ๐ถ, might be fun to go for a paddle at the end of the day from Stewart Park. Not going to due to the Arboretum or Cornell necessarily this year, I’ve done that plenty in the past. At 4 pm, I need to get to the library so I can connect into the office over the VPN and monitor the work order system. โฝ Want to top off the tank in the SuperDuty and get groceries tomorrow, so I am all set for the Pennsylvania trip and if I am by a roadside farm stand, get zucchuni, though I’m sure I’ll pass By one for certain on Tuesday down in Pennsylvania. Or maybe not! ๐ I do want to get more zucchuni for sure.
