Good morning! What day is it? Halfway through vacation with a broken phone screen, of course. 📱

Clouds, drizzle, fog and 62 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. ☁️ There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 am.

So I broke my phone yesterday. 📱 Still works somewhat but the screen is a mess. Simply fell out of my hand when I was locking my truck. Sucks but I’ll order a new one next week. I see if I order the same phone I have as now it’s as affordable as $20.

Went to Robert Treman State Park for a while for a swim 🏊🏻‍♂️. The water was super cold and fairly mucky, 💦 the deep end was closed due to poor visibility of the water as there was a lot of water coming over the falls. ⛈ Than a thunderstorm came through and the gorge swimming closed. I thought about hiking around Treman Lake or the gorge, 🚶🏻 but for a while in the afternoon it was raining ☔ hard.

I am still a bit pissy about my phone 📱 but this happens from time to time. I am kind of clutsy and while the phone with the case often survives falls sometimes it doesn’t. But it’s another reason to use my phone less on vacation.

Last night after dinner I heard a lot of tires squeaking and engine roaring down the road. I went down the road to check out. 🚙 A big old diesel 12 valve got stuck on the road shoulder. I didn’t have a tow rope and neither did he, so I gave him a ride into town. He got some of his buddies out including one with a lifted suburban with 4.11 gears to give him a little yank and he was out. 🔗 He said he drives semi truck for work hauling phosphorus rich chicken 🐔 manure from farms in the Susquehanna Basin and Chesapeake Bay watershed. Nice distraction for the evening.

Rain for a while in the evening and had a small camp fire 🔥 and grilled some burgers 🍔. Laid back in the hammock and listened to the radio 📻 for a few hours. Had a lot of trouble getting the charcoal going for the burgers but slowly they cooked.