So much though depends on the weather. I’m thinking if next weekend is as rainy as the early previews suggest, I’ll focus Saturday and Sunday on driving down to West Virginia and getting camp set up early for the week.

But if it looks like rain all week, then maybe not. I’m not going to postpone my vacation at this point but I might make it shorter, heading out to some place in New York State. Maybe the Finger Lakes National Forest again and then if we get a good run of nice weather I’ll head down to Pine Creek Gorge to do the rail trail for a few days or head to one of those campsites in Allegany or Cattaraugus County in Western NY. Who knows.

I just kind of want to be in West Virginia and have camp established so that I can crack open a beer and relax. Get out and ride my mountain bike around Canaan Heights from camp, hike the trails through the thick mountain laurel, watch the sunset, have a nice fire and then get a good night’s sleep. Cook some good and healthy camp food, sit and observe nature and the stars. Hike back to various scenic vistas. Just be myself as far away from Albany and my ordinary life for a while.