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i think there are some RC enthusiasts here. went to some RC air show basically down the road from me yesterday that i had never heard of until the day before. it's their annual event (i wish they had more) but i'd highly recommend it if you manage to be in / near the area when they do next year's. the org is called west end wings and it's in brodheadsville. a shitload more fun than expected, free, amazing scenery and tons of planes -- from a wicked witch on a broom, to a stop sign plane, a superman plane and a race car shaped plane. it was bananas. unfortunately, the pig one didn't get airborne

Got a good cut in tonight and some sunset time with the pup.

Our yard is full of clover and I’m loving it. I guess some of y’all are apoplectic looking at it.

Thats pretty cool. i bet you could fucking freak some people out with the superman one. "911, whats your emergency?" "superman is real!!!!, and he is flying over my house!"

The dry weather didn’t stunt the blueberries just made them sweeter. Picked a gallon tonight. I interrupted a mama box turtle digging a hole.

Spent too much time on the Cannon summit hike. It didn’t leave enough time to make some turns off the auto road . Had all my ski gear too .

Looks beautiful! Better than my SUP views from Monday..

SUP’d on Beaver Lake today. We had the whole place to ourselves for about 2 hours. Then about noon the crowds showed up. Why does paddle boarding make you so sleepy? We all took cat naps when we got home.

The smoke haze and some storm clouds made for an incredible looking sky this evening.

dog squared up with a fawn that was sleeping two days ago. fawn unharmed. momma came running out, distracted dog and fawn was like peace out. fortunately i checked the perimeter today and avoided another scene. gotta mow i guess.

Meh we were in the 400s. I love how this is keeping temperatures cool. We need a couple good volcanic eruptions to replicate the summer of 1816 which was the year without a summer in the northeast.

I guess you aren’t stopping in at Taco Bell. Since ski season I’ve been on MacArthur road like once

People definitely staying in out of the smoke. Macarthur Rd at about 7pm.

The sun is cool. The guy in the Carly Simon song travelled all the way to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun and I just have to step outside to see this wow just wow

There's a whole culture of trash pickers that emerge from the darkness the night before bulk trash pickup. I'll put stuff out on Thursday night in preparation for bulk trash on Friday and it's usually gone by the morning.

i put the most bizzare stuff out at my curb thinking theres no way someone will take it, but they did.

Just put it at the curb. People will take most of it.

you will never ever hear me say, "im going to have a yard sale." I would rather go buy a whole bunch of good beer and light my shit on fire outside and make smores. Next time i move, im getting a huge dumpster. i threw so much out last time, and moving furniture just sucks. Next time, new house, new furniture.

I think realistically when you have a yard sale, you spend a whole day to make a few hundred dollars. Not worth all the hassle. We have been purging things for the last 2 months. Lots of trips to good will, gave a lot to friends, sold some things. I am hoping someone who buys are house wants it furnished. I have friends I can stay with if I visit. I was just telling someone the other day that I absolutely do not miss the shore. It was nice growing up at the beach and it’s nice to visit. As far as skiing in PA….I miss spending weekends in the Poconos with my kids when they were little.

Pretty good day today in Marble. Been here a week, have to go back next week as we are officially putting the Boulder house on the market. Started this morning w a fire with our coffee Decided to drive to Buttermilk for a hike. Local hikes still pretty muddy and unpredictable with conditions. Still a small pile of snow and park features on the main trail. Probably left over from x games. I saw 3 snowboarders playing around on it. I parked at Tiehack lift. The lift was spinning but did not see anyone ride it. Tiehack is just as steep to hike as it is to skin. I was uninspired and only hiked up a mile gaining about 1000’. There was nobody around, no wind, sunny skies. I rested my head in my backpack a while just watching the clouds, it was peaceful. Some neighbors we had met last time we were up here called our *land line* and asked if they could stop by. They are an elderly couple that have lived here 50 years. The guy has some great stories and history, love hearing to him talk. His wife baked us an apple pie, it was so sweet. The people here are somewhat guarded, but all so genuine and nice. I think it is going to feel weird going back to Boulder after this longer stay here. Marble is really starting to feel like home.

I had a conference in St. John's Newfoundland and took some time to do some quick exploration in the area. Got in some really nice trail runs, some good hikes, good beer, etc. It was such a beautiful part of the country. Very cool place.

Got a ride on the newest roller coaster at Hershey tonight as part of a season pass event. Pretty fun ride

First asshole groundhog entering the grounghog relocation program for 2023. really hoping he was a loner.

Finally unpacked amd deployed the solo stove the past couple nights. Waiting on the last log to die down.

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Why does the bear cross the road? To get in front of my camper. Fortunately, he turned around when he heard my brakes lock up. https://youtu.be/qBhCgYvBe3I

The migration has started. Northbound turnpike a little south of the tunnel.

Few more Hawaii pics. We went to this beach and took surfboards and paddled out to this little island called Chinamen’s cap. Full disclosure on what a complete dork I am; even though I grew up in Jersey I never really surfed, I was having a hard time paddling in the choppy water. My son graciously told me to just hold on to his ankle about half way there and he got me the rest of the way. We hiked/climbed to the top. There was a section with a rope someone put there, but since I couldn’t see the top anchor point I didn’t really trust it. So we went another way, no rope. Going up wasn’t bad, coming down there was a sketchy move that took me about 10 min to get the courage to do. This is the wall. All Lava rock which is not only sharp but gets hot in the sun. I beat the crap out of my feet. Me climbing up for scale. It’s pretty vertical. Maybe a 5.5? If I had shoes or was roped in it would have been super easy. Since it was consequential I took more time. views from the top were sweet. There was a military base nearby and we saw 3 big planes fly right over our heads.

It was a regular size tie, just tucked it into my shirt

i will stick with them putting more guns up around the place over a diesel generator. I dont think they had that many times they were asked not to run stuff. i can kinda figure out what one of those fan guns take for power, but pumping water is another thing. i can only imagine it takes a huge amount of power to move 5000 GPM uphill, and with some type of pressure.