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Andy Arthur

October and already the leaves are fading away in the Adirondacks. 🍂 Most shocking to me is that we are less then a month away from November, which in many ways should be a sigh of relief with the craziness of work and with the deep blue skies and crisp days of that month.

Fall is coming 🍁

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There are hints of it all over as I hike Huyck Preserve and Rennselaerville State Forest. So mild but such a beautiful Sunday morning. Some of its how dry it’s been lately but most of it is we’ve had some cool mornings and the nights are now fairly long. Another three or four weeks though it will be peak color, though probably muted due to the dry end to summer.

Those mild mornings won’t last forever 🌅

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That’s what I’m thinking. It’s usually much colder when I’m camping at Rennselaerville State Forest because I usually camp up here during the autumn through early spring when the mercury is normally much cooler.

Yesterday was quite colorful with the colors of late summer 🍁 before the leaves really start to pop. It was a nice day of leisurely strolls in the woods, 🌲 reading 📖 and just hanging out. Mornings though are dark now as are the evenings. 🔥 Had a nice fire but I was tired 😴 and retired to bed fairly early.

Today I have some work to do, 🖥 reviewing a campaign plan and more data jobs and then I’ll go for a hike at Huyck Preserve and then out to the folks house 🏡 for Sunday dinner. I’m not sure if the bike 🚲 shop is open on Monday but maybe Tuesday I can pick up my bike and get back on the road. Watching the forecast for next week, maybe I’ll head to Vermont depending on the weather as soon as Thursday evening, though I work late on Thursdays which means this time of year it will be driving 🚘 in the dark through Moose country and setting up in the dark. 🦌 Which isn’t so cool. I could leave Friday morning, but then I would hit the traffic in Albany and Troy depending on how I go.