The Sunday before vacation in Schoharie ☀️

Cool but pleasant this morning…not humid this morning but it’s expected to warm up in a bit. I took down camp a few minutes ago and now are out for a walk at Looking Glass Pond.

I ended up hanging out at camp 🍻 drinking and then reading 📖 and listening to music until I don’t know 10:30 or so by the fire. Lots of produce to cook up. It was a nice evening but it seems like I just set up camp. I never did go and visit the other campsite as after dinner I was pretty drunk after washing down a lot of leaks and zucchuni 🧅 with beer. Bunch of sweet corn 🌽 too. I should have gone and visited last night but with the sun, alcohol and beer I was pretty darn tired after a brief fire 🔥 admittedly mostly to burn accumulated camp garbage like corn cobs and plastic wrappers.

Beautiful morning at Looking Glass Pond 🌻 🦋 saw a monarch butterfly and hiked back to the lean to on Burnt Hill. It’s actually a bit cool for swimming 🏊 though by mid day it should be good for floating and swimming. ⭕ They say thunderstorms ⛈️ are likely in the afternoon but that’s to be expected on a summer afternoon.

I realized that I forgot a few items at Shauls and want to get more of their amazing cherry tomatoes 🍅. I am eating good from Shauls. But that said, come Wednesday when I head out to the Finger Lakes much more good to eat. Then I will change into my bathing suit 🏊 put in at Max Shaul Campground to float a bit, then I’ll head to Mine Kill Pool for the balance of the day before heading out to the folks house to visit and Sunday dinner. 🍔

It will be so nice to have a campsite for 13 days when I head out to the Finger Lakes on Wednesday through Labor Day. 🏕️ Not having to set up and take down camp. Get a nice set up done, hang out and relax. Enjoy the time on vacation, some days head into town for adventure but also days spent doing things not far from camp. 🎣 🚲 It always seems like I’m rushing to and from camp, one adventure after another. Have literal days where I can just hang out and read. 📖 I’ll bring the kayak 🛶 and tube out to the Finger Lakes but I don’t have to paddle every day at any rate. I will take the kayak off my truck and keep it locked up at camp most days.

Looks like rain showers for driving 🚘 out to camp on Wednesday but I think I still want to go out then. ☔ I might get clams 🦪 and sweet corn 🌽 to start out the trip plus bacon 🥓. I didn’t yet open up the grass I got on Friday, I’ll hold off until the following week at checking out one of dispensaries in Ithaca. I’m just tired of working all the time, 💾 it’s like drinking out of the fire hose at work but then again I find ways to keep myself busy by developing new services and processes. 📚 But I also just want more time to read 📖 up at camp. Not be racing 🏁 each day to a state park 🏞️ to see just yet another waterfall or swimming pool. I’m not saying they’re won’t be hours of fishing, hiking or floating in the National Forest though.

One of the things I want to do is ask questions and listen to people on vacation. 👨‍👨‍👦 It sounds werid but I’m increasingly interested in meeting new and interesting people. 🆕 As much as I enjoy the wilderness 🌲 and my fires and freedom 🔥 I think there is much to be learned from others. I also want to sit down and play with Facebook dating to see who I can spark up a conversation with from my hammock up at camp. 🩴Being in my forties I realize it’s a great time to meet people who are either divorced or looking for a new direction in the second half of their lives. Myself included.