I was so anxious about this trip probably because I am overtired, as I slept poorly last night. But tomorrow it’s actually happening, I am leaving work  at 3 PM.

First thing I noted was gas was cheap – $3.02 a gallon ⛽ but avocado’s 🥑 were expensive. Thanks Trump. Only needed about $70 in groceries but I think I was pretty much good on camping supplies and just needed a partial restock of my pantry before heading north. Got $40 from the bank so I had some money to get bacon 🥓 from For the Love of Bacon on my way up to the Adirondacks. Going to grab a few pallets if I have enough room, though my truck is kind of packed with the camping gear plus the burnables I plan to burn that accumulated over the winter – lots of wrappers and paper for fire starting and burning. 🔥 Would have brought more, but the stuff that isn’t confidential I guess the recycling man can get. ♻️

Going to be off the grid for a few days, 🔕 which is great though it’s pretty remote country. But I’ll be fine, I always am. Going to rain a lot on Friday night into Saturday but Friday and Sunday look pretty good for the bulk of the day, and Saturday I can maybe smoke some pot and do some reading 📖 and fishing 🎣 in the rain on the East Branch. 🚴 Brining the mountain bike 🚲 and I’ll ride on Sunday around the Perkins Clearing, do some fishing and then I was thinking I would drive back to Rotterdam Junction by 4 or 5 PM and ride the Erie Canal Trail until dusk and then come home and unpack. Get groceries and do my laundry on Monday night after work. I am so excited to be heading back up to the remote wilderness again!