Yesterday I rode up to the top of Bear Mountain with David.  For a comparison of the Bear Mountain climb to the big climbs of the West, see Day 274.  The Autumn colors are fantastic:

Today we received Junior Ranger badges from parks we visited on the trip.  We visited Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument on Day 961, but they didn’t have the badges and patches at the time:

The park is one of the growing number of National Monuments administered by the BLM, not NPS, so the badges are different:

We visited San Juan Island National Historical Park on Day 440, but the visitor center was closed that day, so we received the badges by mail:

Even suburbia can be fetching when the early morning sun cuts through the fog:

Our mower’s deck has rusted out, so I found a 2”x8” lumber hanger and welded it onto the mower to return the mower to its former glory.  Or at least hold it together until the end of the season:

In the spirit of RV driving practice, I drove this 26 foot box truck into Manhattan.  Scary!