Day: June 13, 2026💾

It was  a 32 mile round trip on the bike between the Cornell Cooperative Gardens in Voorheeesville and Bozen Kill Preserve in Altamont then 4 hours of hiking and just exploring much of the Bozen Kill Preserve which is almost 700 acres now with the addition Bond Road parcels.

Tuesday I get the camper shell installed on my truck, and then on Friday I plan to install the 200-watts of solar, move over the batteries, CB Radio and equipment from Big Red. Move the antenna over, run signal wires from the Upfitter Switches to a Relay Box to control the lights/CB radio from the cab. Got to hook up the low battery disconnect, charge controller, battery disconnect relay and voltage monitor which will monitor both the alternator voltage and solar voltage, and connect all four batteries when either there is sufficient sun or alternator is spinning.

Go to Gas Up next weekend. And maybe Schoharie for the weekend or maybe not.

Thinking of taking off June 25-June 28th to take a vacatonette either up to Piseco-Powley (Potholers, Canada Lake) or Schoharie County (Mine Kill, Catskill Scenic Trail, John Burroughs Homestead, Betty Brook, Broomley Mountain Firetower). Then Independence Weekend, head north on July 2nd to Speculator-area and then on July 3rd to July 6th spend a long weekend at Moose River Plains.

Assuming all the gear plays along nicely and weather is good. So far in I’ve ridden my bike 215 miles and driven 39 miles during the first 13 days of June. Obviously, that number may change in the coming weeks, though I’ll still primarily bike to work. I rode the bus one last week but other then that I’ve been riding my bike every day.