Should be an absolutely beautiful early fall day once the fog burns off. 🌞

Definitely autumn like, 🍂 the hot weather of summer has come and gone. It would have been nice to go to the Adirondacks but I can’t afford to go out of town every week, and it’s good to spend some time home, do some cleaning and hopefully painting of the truck tomorrow. 👩‍🎨 I saw Mavis Tire is open on Sunday, so I might stop by and confirm they can order the tires for my truck and get an idea of how long it would be before they can install the tires. After a lot of hemming and hawing, I am going to stick with the 35s, lay down the $1,500 for the tires, and keep the same Nitto Terra Grapplers, and just hope I can get a few more years out of the truck. ⚫ Beats paying another $40k or $50k for a new truck. 🛻 But it’s more fun to drag my feet, but I still would like to take a week of vacation somewhere far from Albany in October or November.

Probably check out the Five Rivers Autumn Festival, 🍁 which I am sure will be mobbed by little children, 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 but might still have some interesting exhibits. Then hike at Thacher Park along escarpment and maybe the OSI parcel. Then catch the 4:40 PM bus back to Five Rivers, and do a bit more hiking before heading home, remembering the much earlier sunset now. 🌆