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Andy Arthur

It's the second half of November as the label job I ran today reminds me. 🏷️ The landscape is cold and barren, it's dark out for a good portion of day, and riding home in the dark isn't much fun. But you make the best of it, and I figure the extra sleep and time to learn isn't a bad thing. πŸ›Œ Next adventure after Thanksgiving! πŸ¦ƒ Hopefully the fire risk is down by then as I want to have a big bonfire in wilderness πŸ”₯ after a good day riding trail or hiking. 🚢

Bridgewater

While I doubt it's a one-horse town along US 20, it certainly is not a big and prestigous city in Oneida County. More like a speed trap, but at least it's well marked and just one stoplight before your beyond it.

Cool and cloudy with a strong breeze here at Stoney Pond 🌬️

Feels very November like. I am glad the ground is quite damp if not muddy and there wasn’t much wind last night when I had a good rip roaring camp but so far I’m not impressed with the weather today – it’s cold at 48 degrees and are taking it slow.

That said, I’ve been gathering firewood πŸͺ΅and organizing camp as I still think today I’ll head to Chittenago to explore. Having some coffee β˜• and corn meal pancakes πŸ₯ž. It was a surprisingly dark morning but I’m quite a ways west of Albany here – nearly most of the way out to Syracuse – that it’s to be expected the sun rise is later. Plus it’s November – second weekend of the month. Or will be tomorrow.