Fate really does not want me getting up to the Beta Site.

It dumped a couple feet of snow up there the other day. Today? Darn near 60 degrees up there and the snow is melting fast. The forecast is to be almost 70 degrees this weekend. And this would, normally, suggest that this weekend might be a good one to head up there. And I was absolutely willing to do that. RIght up until my truck decided to let me know that some attention to the brakes was definitely in order.

My original plan was to go rent a 6×12 trailer at Uhaul, throw the sidebyside in the back, head to the Beta Site, park the truck/trailer at the bottom of the mountain, and take the sidebyside to the property. Unfortunately I’m not hauling a trailer full of ATV on the highway with a truck that is having brake issues.

So, truck goes in Monday for work. I am hopeful that the next weekend will have similar weather.

There are a buncha things I need to do up there when I finally get there. Most importantly, I need to replace the batteries in the trailcam. After that I need to install the other three trailcams, put in the game feeders, take some pictures and GPS coords, and look at some possible cache sites. A full day. Just….gotta get up there.

And I’ll use the weekend to wargame the things I’d like to pre-position up there for those ‘just in case’ moments. The summer promises to be very interesting and busy. I foresee spending pretty much every weekend up there. But, for now, i’d really like to get up there if circumstances would just line the heck up.