Watching as the fog burns off at Horseshoe Lake 🌫️

I don’t have a set plan for today though I want to be back to camp by six o’clock this evening for the Save the Pine Bush Meeting via Zoom from Horseshoe Lake.

It’s kind of a nice thing that I’m not remote working from up here all day 🖥️ though I might be asked to write some SQL or cut some targets 🎯 today but I should be able to do that from my phone. No writing memos or cutting newsclips 📰 all day at shore of Horseshoe Lake during the pandemic. Can you believe that was five years ago?

Started the morning off with coffee ☕ and cranberry pancakes. 🥞 I’m already on my second big bag of cranberries for the trip. That and winter squash are part of the change of the seasons. I finished off the bread I baked 🍞 earlier in the week and while I could probably bake bread in my camp oven I have plenty of carbs with the rice and lentils I’ve been cooking.

Walked around Horseshoe ruins and along the railroad tracks this morning. 🚂 I know it’s an active rail line at this point, but alas it’s a scenic line and I doubt they’re running many trains mid week post peak foliage. 🍁 I did hear the train whistle yesterday but that was Columbus Day and saw a Canadian Pacific bogie inspecting the tracks yesterday but I figure it’s not a high speed line so I can quickly jump off the tracks if I hear the rumble of the train.

Yesterday I rode back to Camp Sabbatist Road and almost the Boy Scouts Camp 🚴 along Upper Dam Road, hiked Lows Ledge, and poked around a bit after the rain. 🌧️ Today if it clears up, I’ll put the kayak back on my truck and drive Red 🛻 over to the Lower Dam and go for a paddle. I’m right on Horseshoe Lake but I want to paddle some of Lows Lake at least when it’s warm. 🛶 All depends on how quickly the conditions improve as the day goes on. Also want to ride back to Pine Pond first and maybe along Horseshoe Lake. I don’t have detailed plans, just explore what strikes my fancy the next two days – Thursday it’s north to the Tupper Lake then the St. Regis Canoe Area. Tomorrow promises more sun ☀️ but cold with a breeze so maybe not the best day to be out on the water