Notes

Cool and cloudy with a strong breeze here at Stoney Pond 🌬️

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Feels very November like. I am glad the ground is quite damp if not muddy and there wasn’t much wind last night when I had a good rip roaring camp but so far I’m not impressed with the weather today – it’s cold at 48 degrees and are taking it slow.

That said, I’ve been gathering firewood 🪵and organizing camp as I still think today I’ll head to Chittenago to explore. Having some coffee ☕ and corn meal pancakes 🥞. It was a surprisingly dark morning but I’m quite a ways west of Albany here – nearly most of the way out to Syracuse – that it’s to be expected the sun rise is later. Plus it’s November – second weekend of the month. Or will be tomorrow.

Breezewood, Penna.

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The oft-photographed and written about interchange on Interstate 70 between the free section, US 30 Lincoln Highway and the very much not-free-section of Pennsylvania Turnpike. Interesting to zoom in and explore the various businesses along the way.

Getting packed 🏕️

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Things aren’t going quite as smoothly as I had hoped but I’m really dragging my ass this morning.

Last night was the after Election Night party 🎉 with two hours of open bar and food 🍲 at the Hollow so I over endolged until they brought out the dessert 🍰 and shut down the bar.

Camping at Perkins Clearing on September 28, 2024

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Camping at Perkins Clearing on a foggy September morning. It was a fun weekend, I rode back to Pillsbury Mountain and hiked to the recently restored firetower, and also rode back to Pine Lake in former Gooley lands after attending the Indian Lake Moose Festival.

How worried should I be? 🤷‍♂️

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Many people are worried about the indigestion that new President will cause while eating their TV dinner in the evening. Some obscure threat by the politicians rumbling in a city hundreds of miles away. But I worry more about my investments. The President-elect is unconventional, to say the least.

He has ideas, at least on the campaign trail, that seem to go against the conventional wisdom when it comes to trade and economy. Whether or not he will implement them when he’s surrounded by smart men and women in a room is another issue, but it’s still worrying, as many of his ideas could drive the economy straight-off the cliff. Kind of like it did in his first term, that is after a global pandemic overshadowed everything.

Only time will tell. And there isn’t much I can do about the President-elect, though I can restructure some of my investments and just ride the roller coast. Bulk up as they say.

The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election | WAMC

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The Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election | WAMC

Wall Street investors are cheering former President Trump's return to the White House.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 1,300 points soon after the open, or more than 3%, just hours after Trump won the presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Meanwhile, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 both rose by more than 1.5% each in early morning trading.

Wall Street investors perceive Trump as more favorable to business interests, especially in terms of cutting taxes and regulations.