Going to be a warm one for early October. Dry too, which is not great for my eyes or for burning shit. Got to watch out for those Chinese Uncles that everywheres these days. Apparently they don’t understand what it means to be living in Trump’s world. Thinking of heading down to Columbia and Dutchess Counties today.But first listening to some Country Joe and Fish and packing my day pack and bike, enjoying that ever sweet smell of the corn silage. No getting stoned with the dry eye.
I need to fire up Red and get him off the lawn, 🛻where he has sat since last Saturday when they re-sealed the driveway. Probably killing the grass. I should have moved him mid-week but I was busy all the different things going on and I was riding bike to work all week so no need to fire him up. 🚲 It wasn’t a bad night down at the Town Park after work, still wasn’t super dark until around 7 PM. I rode home without eye protection, though it did kind of dry out my eyes.
I was going to go out to Schoharie today and do an overnight, 🔥 but with the fire risk and burn ban making people give you stink eyes when you even mention having a campfire or smoking pot in the wilderness, and the whole common sense thing, I think it be better to instead do day trip today and maybe just ride out to Five Rivers tomorrow and hike maybe at one of the other preserves before going out to see the folks on Sunday. I soaked more kidney beans overnight for cooking this morning but I’ll wait until I get home this evening or maybe tomorrow morning.
I think instead I’ll head out to Columbia and Dutchess County. 🍁 🚶 Thinking maybe the Beebe Hill Fire tower, then head down one town to Hillsdale, park and spend the balance of the day riding the Harlem Valley Rail Trail. 🚲 I’ve been thinking of riding and exploring the Harlem Valley Rail Trail for some time now. Then maybe check out the Greenport Conservation Area before dark, then take US 9W back north. I doubt those homesteaders off US 9W with all the goats and hogs that get into a tizzy with the town about the smell that always used to have a burn barrel going won’t be having a fire today, even if they burned far far the ban in 2009. 🔥 I kind of like their homestead, too bad so much of what they’re doing with their land is illegal in New York. 🚜 Fucking whining liberals.
I am a little worried about my eyes getting excessively dry from riding but I can wear my sunglasses 😎 which should help, and some of the dry eye is caused by looking at my phone 📱 and other devices, which apparently discourage blinking. I guess if they get too dry, put in more eye drops and stop riding. 🚲 I need to grease up the chain and crank as it’s creaking again, but I can do that out on the trail. ⚙️ I always carry grease, tools, and an air pump with me at all times.
I need to get to Walmart and evaluate what my options are for dry eye treatment going forward – preservative free solution is probably the best and most soothing, and while I do a mostly full vial at work and one unopened one in office, I do see it being used up quickly and it’s rather expensive. Plus I don’t want to get addicted to artificial tears 😭 which is always a risk. There is other supplies I need at Walmart too like more eggs, cornmeal and I’m sure other things I can’t think of immediately. 🛒 Well maybe when the day comes to an end, as darkness is earlier and earlier this evening.
I say I’m recovering quickly from my eye surgery 👁️ but the dry eye issues keep popping up even though they seem to have gotten better especially as I keep my eyes wet. But it’s about finding the right balance of keeping your eyes wet, while not spending too much on solution or becoming dependent on it. Wetness helps the nerves and cornea grow back together quickly and strengthens my vision. It’s actually so sharp both in the day and night. But it still doesn’t seem great at times with the irratation. 🌃 I do think the LASIK place really undersold the dry eye risk, though in the majority of cases the nerves grow back and you do recover eventually.
Still thinking Columbus Day Weekend I’ll head north for a week, 🍂 I just want it to be a little wetter and less dusty. Between the road dust, the campfire smoke, the dry eyes caused by the marijuana and the fire risk, I really want rain. 🌧️ Right now, smoking pot with dry eyes just sounds painful. 😭 Plus I get tired of the Chinese Uncles, mostly on the internet or elsewhere being like OMG! you terrible had a small campfire 🔥 after dark when you can see embers during the burn ban, you awful person even if it’s legal if not recommended. Or even worse, running into one of them in the wilderness. 🌲🌲 And people complain that I make too much noise blasting holes in shit with my shotgun. 🔫 The culture of Chinese Uncles is not just ruining the internet, the Democratic Party, and the world more generally.