Deep blue skies for this Saturday morning 🌅

Looks like it’s going to be a pretty nice day, though getting warm fairly early on. I decided not to go to the Gas Up this week but wait until next week – still undecided about hammock camping tonight – but leaning against it. But at least my truck cap is getting installed on Tuesday.

Yesterday wasn’t as ungodly hot or wet as I had feared 😰 indeed, it wasn’t that bad riding and pushing my bike up the State Street Hill, and after my meeting I ended up riding home. Came home and laid by the fan for a while before going down to the park.

I am thinking of riding out to Voorheeesville in a bit and then the Cornell Cooperative Extension 🌸 🪻 to look at the flower gardens and maybe the Pine Hollow Arboretum. No nature bus this weekend to Thacher Park and I don’t really feel like driving with gas prices. Tomorrow I might do a hike somewhere, but I am trying to save gas and my truck ⛽ for once I get the cap installed next week.

Next Friday I plan to start moving gear over to the new truck, 🔋 get the solar panels and batteries installed, wire run from the alternator back to the battery bank, low voltage disconnect, inverter, lights, etc. Installed. And maybe the CB Radio too. And maybe start cleaning and vaccuming out the old truck and getting some photos 📸 so I can put it up for sale in early July. I want to get rid of it by August, one way or another, even if it means scrapping it or selling it for scrap metal prices at this point. 💵 I’d like it to get a second use, but I know ht frame needs quite a bit of work, but it is a lifted truck. Once I move over the batteries and equipment from the old truck, there won’t be anything topping off the battery, and my parents want off their lawn, so yeah, I do want to get rid of it.

My thought is then to take off June 25 and 26th, and make a long weekend. 🏕️ Test out the new rig, make sure all the connections are tight and working well. Maybe the Potholers are good option, but I’m also considering Schoharie and swimming pool, 👙 floating in Schoharie Creek at Towpath Mountain, Also checking out the John Burroughs Historic Site and the new trails, getting some glammer pictures with my SuperDuty. And maybe driving down to hike Bromley Mountain Fire tower in Delaware County. A lot depends on the weather and how hot it is. Then the following weekend is Independence Weekend 250 – still thinking about Moose River Plains – drive north on July 2nd, maybe leave at 2 PM – and camp at Speculator Tree Farm and head up to the Plains bright and early. ☀️ I heard Cedar River – Limeklin Lake Road is closed between Cedar River Flow and Summer Stream through July 3rd, so I might want to drive around to Limeklin Lake Entrance through Blue Mountain Lake. Who knows, it’s been years since I’ve been to MRP.

I got my campaign committee work laptop 💻 up and running, after being locked out for two years so it is updating. My personal laptop is kind of on it’s last legs, and is bulky compared to fancy work laptop, but it lacks my music and files, so I generally have used my personal laptop. But I wanted something smaller to bring on the bike and up to camp when I’m remote working this summer into the autumn. With the new rig with additional battery capacity 🔋 and solar I should be able to remote work with ease.