Folks It’s a Tuesday Out There. Or so it would seem. A pretty nice weather one, after a long stretch of sunny, dry weather. That said, we are supposed to be getting some rain tonight into tomorrow. We could use the rain, because it’s starting to get a little dry out in parts, although as not as dry as some of the Albany politicians who want to take away our matches claim it to be.

Fixed My Broken Laptop Screen. 55 bucks later, and a lot of frustration trying to snap the case back together, with all those little snaps back together, and get wires put back together, we are back in business. I could use my laptop at home, plugged into my external monitor and keyboard/mouse, but I really missed not having it at work to listen to the tunes, or being able to check my email on the bus, etc.

A Very Hot Weekend in Adirondacks. So last weekend I went up to the Adirondacks and camped up off of Northwood Clubs Road. I wanted to check out Blue Ledge on the Hudson, but I was kind of disappointed to realize I had been there previously when I was a Boy Scout as part of the rafting trip down the Hudson. Blue Ledge was pretty insane with literally hundreds of rafters from the rafting companies all stopping off there, to take their piss break, before continuing down the Hudson. Got a little bit of Heat Exhaustion on the hike back to Northwoods Club Road, but some cold drinks, and air conditioning fixed that.

Later in the afternoon, hiked down along the Thawaus Railroad from Northwood Clubs Road to where the Boreas River dumps into the Hudson River. There are a handful of campsites there, and a railroad bridge that crosses the fairly mighty Hudson there — with lots of hornets nests hiding under it, and waiting to bite anyone bold enough to cross the bridge. Its remarkably pretty down there are the Boreas River at the Hudson River — at that point the Boreas River is fairly mighty, and so is the Hudson River, with a pretty narrow valley with rolling hills that run along the Hudson River.

Sunday, I paddled around Huntley Pond for about an hour, then hiked up to Balm of Gilead Mountain over Thirteenth Lake. I wanted to paddle around Thirtheenth Lake, but the afternoon was getting late, and I told myself I would leave the Adirondacks right around the 3 PM mark, so to be home by around 5 PM or so. It was a great adventure.

Hope to Have Photos Posted Later in the Day. I’ve already uploaded them, but I have to title, and add locations to them. But probably some time today, if I get a free moment, I will post the photos. We will see how today goes. I know that after work this evening, my priority is to get down to the park for a couple of hours, before the weather turns to rain once again for the rest of the week.

Next Weekend Looks Crappy. But its good to stay in town a bit, and save up a bit of money for other trips. Unless the weekend of the 18th is exceptionally nice, I may stay in town until Memorial Day Weekend. At some point, I do want to go down to the grounds of Olana State Historic Site and do some spring photos down there. I can get in there for free with my Empire Passport.