It's been a pretty mild winter so far but yesterday we got a bunch of snow. This was the view earlier today from the Myers Point Lighthouse on the east shore of Cayuga Lake looking south. Cornell and Ithaca

Took the van over to Labrador Hollow and ran the wood stove a bit. It was a big hit over there, lots of people wanted to check it out. The first person was a DEC officer wondering what I was doing when

Got a cubic mini wood stove and cured the paint on it this weekend (at least somewhat). I'm working on getting it installed in the van. Should be real cozy once I get it in there.

Went up north for another weekend in the adirondacks. The leaf peepers were out in force with most of the trailheads being packed well beyond capacity. My brother knew some trails off the beaten path around

Took the van up to Saranac Lake and the surrounding area for a long weekend. Thinking about putting a woodstove in the van before it gets too cold.

I took a job at Cornell down in Ithaca working on open source software. I'll be based out of Ithaca for the foreseeable future. Earlier this week, I drove out to Geneva for work and camped out in the Ramada

The black raspberries are getting ripe. There are quite a few growing wild where I'm at. On the subject of wild edibles, there is a useful website called Falling Fruit where you can share locations of

I spent the week up north in the adirondacks visiting my brother. I did a bunch of hiking, waded in some rivers, and camped near some lakes and ponds. I didn't take too many pictures mainly because the

I've been busy here in NY. I put a lot of work in helping my mom out. That's pretty much wrapped up now and I find myself looking for a job so I can pay off debt. It was thus appropriate that I discovered

The weather across the country was good so I took off and got back to NY today. Just stuck to the highways, slept in Sierra Trading Post and Cracker Barrel parking lots. And say what you will about Starbucks

The second gate at Leeds Canyon was recently opened up and now you can drive up to the gate at the oak grove campground which is closed. There aren't really any designated spots up there but there are

It was kind of cold this morning so I was laying in bed with headphones on listening to the new Devin Townsend album. I felt the van shake a few times and was thinking what the hell is that? I took off

Mountains partially shrouded by dark rain clouds It was rainy and cold the past few days. I was pretty unproductive, reduced to primarily hibernating in my sleeping bag. Some insulation and one of those

We're supposed to be getting some rain so I wanted to move out of the area I was in which gets pretty impassable when wet. I headed up into the national forest which has some gravel roads and is closer

Stopped and stayed a night in a Mesquite, NV casino parking lot on the way up here. The spot I'm at is not very private, pretty wide open and yes, fairly windy. There are some other areas I'm planning

I've seen a lot of mountain bike tracks on the hills around here. Even found a jump that someone made to create a tabletop of sorts. If I had a bike I'd be tempted to hit it although the landing is kind

Looks like two young ones with their momma Never did see any bighorns in Lake Havasu even though they were apparently around somewhere. Well now up here on Lake Mead I can say I have.

I've been waiting for these guys to show up. I was coming back from a hike and saw a group of three near camp. I took a bunch of shots but this was my favorite one. Shortly after I got back to the van,

Snowcapped mountains off in the distance partially shrouded by clouds On a side note, the coyotes were close by last night. Woke me up a few different times. Haven't seen any yet though.