For a while it was really beautiful at the Dickinson Hill Firetower at Grafton Lakes. Good but mostly faded colors but it depended on exactly which way I look. Then it clouded up a bit and things are most gray. Mostly cloudy ☁ and 50 degrees at the Dickinson Hill Firetower. There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃.

Earlier in the day I spent a few hours canvassing for David Bissember 📝. That was a tough neighborhood where I was in with a lot of conservative Republicans but I did the best I could. Then this hike was a nice way to cap off the day with a three state view and a fair bit of color. 🍂 Didn’t Early Vote, the polling place looked packed, maybe on Monday after work.

I was thinking for a while I should have brought gear to spent the night ⛺ up at Green Mountain National Forest, especially after seeing the Bennington Monument and Stratton Mountain from the Firetower. But time is tight ⏳and it would involve setting up in darkness and taking camp down in the pouring rain ☔ in the morning. And now the clouds have pushed in, it’s not nearly as nice.

I am feeling pretty good this afternoon, 😊 but I’ll wait and see how it goes by morning. I have extra strength ibuprofen ready to go if I need it come morning and if this lasts into next week I’ll go to the doctor. 😷 So far the ibuprofen has been the only thing that’s made daily life bearable this week.⚠ I think it’s just a cold but I did get that tick bite 🐜 last Saturday and the migraines and body aches could very much also be a sign of Lyme disease. 🎯

Well folks, it will be getting dark in an hour and it’s 45 minutes back to my truck and I don’t really want to drive in rural Rensselaer County in the pitch dark. ⬜ So I take one last look around and head back. Walking 🚶 here from Grafton was better than driving 🚘, it certainly was real pretty but daylight won’t last long.