Day: July 8, 2025💾

A week from Friday or maybe two weeks from Friday – it depends on the weather, my schedule and what weeks the Watkins Glen track is active – I will be starting my vacation. I know the time period – early Friday morning one to sunset nine days later on a Sunday. I know the location of base camp – either Chicken Coop Road or Potamac Road in Finger Lakes National Forest which is between Watkins Glen and Ithaca. But the details are still very vague in my mind.

Truth is I don’t need a solid plan as I have a base camp already planned and a time period I’ll be there each night. I also want to find novel, memorable things to do on summer vacation – the old favorites are fun but hardly memorable. I’d much rather explore new places but I don’t have the time to necessarily develop a new complete new plan, plus it’s just easy to go out to Finger Lakes National Forest which I know well.

I’d like to get down to Pennsylvania to do more of the Pine Creek Gorge Trail and poke around Wellsboro. Also maybe poke around Elmira a bit. Maybe it’s rainy, I could do a day trip to the Corning Museum of Glass. Not usually my cup of tea but I like doing things. I should research interesting views and trails on some of state forests I’ve not explored in that area. I feel like there must be some trails or roads I’ve not ridden before. Also, are there some lakes and ponds to kayak and fish? I should renew my fishing license so I catch dinner. And maybe get clams to boil down mid-week.