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Maybe this is the best weekend to get out for now 🌥️

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Looks like it will be a pretty good morning once the sun comes out, even if rain showers are expected Sunday and then cold, snow showers Monday into Tuesday. I am not going out to Madison County but I probably will do an overnight after riding and exploring today.

I figure get out and explore while I still have Big Red 🛻. If there isn’t a lot of snow come December I’ll probably do Madison County maybe after Christmas if Boxing Day becomes a state holiday, or potentially earlier in the month once rifle season is done. 🦌 Certainly the Horse Camp 🐴 is a good option even if there is a few inches of snow, but not so much that the road back there is impassable.

But today I’ll probably head out to Schoharie or maybe just Rensselearville State Forest depending on the time and weather. 🏕️ It would be nice to have a fire up in the woods. 🔥 Hang out, enjoy the long November nights when it’s not so cold out, though I plan to stop in Greenville on the way out for propane. It would be kind of fun to ride the Catskill Scenic Trail if not cloudy and crap weather all day with the wind whipping around. It’s certainly mild and they say we’ll have some sun. The alternative I’ve been considering is Bear Pen Mountain. That was fun when I did that like five years ago now.

Friday coda

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The time change and having to catch the later local bus downtown with my bike back home remains fustrating how I have to wait to catch the bus, then load my bike on a slow, crowded local bus. And make the slog home. It seems like from Wednesday that if I don’t have my bike and take the shuttle downtown, with traffic there is a good chance many days I’ll be able to catch the earlier local – 30 minutes earlier – home but it doesn’t really matter at this time of year it’s cold and dark out. Just have dinner and then head to the warmth under my sheets. And they had the gall to reach out to me from parking management today about getting a discounted bus pass. It was a different world when I applied for the bus pass. I know they didn’t know and state government acts at government speed.

I decided against taking off Monday. Rain – maybe rain showers – on Sunday will give away to snow showers and maybe Lake Effect snow and a chilly breeze should I got out to Cazenovia or Brookfield for a three-night trip. Its fine, I’ll wait until hunting season is done. My next trip will be to the East Branch after Thanksgiving. That said, if Saturday morning seems nice I might do a quick overnight to Rensslearville or maybe Burnt-Rossman. I’ve thought about going out to Schoharie possibly to ride the Catskill Scenic Trail on Saturday and then maybe visit Shauls for root vegetables before that season is done. I’m getting up at 4 or 4:30 AM each morning so I have time to decide. Going to bake bread and soak pinto beans and cook them in the morning so I can bring them if I camp or otherwise enjoy them from home. I need propane to camp, but I could get that at Greenville Tractor Supply. Might head up to the Pine Bush to see the John Wolcott sign and ride trail too. Then visit the Salvation Army and Goodwill in search of more clothes to wear for work.