Fixing all the shit I broke yesterday 🛠️

Not only did I have to replace the plug on the microwave after I broke the wire plugging it in and out, I broke a spoke 15 miles away in Millerton and had to limp the bike back. I replaced the spoke, not without removing the tire and having to reinflate it as the nibble also was broke, and now that is fixed.

It was a fun day yesterday, 🚲 and while the broke spoke trimmed a few miles off my trip limping it back to my truck, it was fine because it gave me more time to explore the Greenport Conservation Area. 🦋 Some great views there and a lot more to explore then I expected. Checked out the Copake Ironworks, Bash Bish Falls, the Mount Riga Wetlands, some Ancram. Oh, yeah hiked Beebe Hill in the morning, and drove back on NY 9J stupidly until the detour then along the detour through Kinderhook and back down to Croton on the Hudson. Ended my day stocking up on groceries and supplies at Wally World. 🔌 Including the replacement plug so I can use the microwave once again to heat up apples for using as a topping on pancakes. 🥞 It all worked out.

Today is another nice day and I’ll probably go out to Five Rivers 🐸 as much to test out the bike and make sure it’s ready with the wheel relatively true before the Monday commute. 🚲 Then shower 🚿 and head out to the folks. My eyes weren’t so irrated yesterday, 👀 using the drops and not staring at my phone helped a lot. 📱 I don’t think it was a bad choice not to go to Adirondacks this weekend, already the leaves are past peak so I didn’t miss anything too special. Next weekend if I head up on Friday, I’ll hang out in the Speculator-area and head up to Horseshoe Lake on Monday through Thursday, then up to Floodwood Road or somewhere out that way to do the St. Regis Canoe Area and some of the Adirondack Rail Trail. Nine nights so that works out at 3 nights each location, so no permit needed. 🎫 The rain on Wednesday should make things not as dry, and I think it will be cooler so to help further risk the fire risk, but I’ll also be careful where I camp, well away from dry grass, and any fires will be small and extinguished before bed. 🔥 I was just so busy last week the idea of packing and heading out to camp just seemed like a non-starter in my mind. And there was just no rain this past week. Certainly I saw some campfires on way back home last night, and they’re not prohibited but common sense says you get to be so careful when it’s so incredibly dry out.