I would head back with the scout and enter careful mode on the scouting. Even if that area to the SW is a contested zone (in terms of distance) it's so barren that we're not settling there anytime soon, so there's no rush to scout it. Not a candidate for pink dot.
I think scouting the desert tile 2S of the cows has some relevance, but we can wait until chariots/similar I suppose. Especially if there's seafood it would be a decent location for a city that would also pick up a lighthouse for the lake longer term. And it's the only reasonable city that picks up the cows. I'm assuming that's the coast to the south and not another big lake (desert tile 2S of the cows is not fresh water, right?). Maybe you've mentioned it somewhere already but I've missed it.
Builds/city planning seems pretty good. Once BW is in/we've scouted around the capital I'll play through it to see.
I think scouting the desert tile 2S of the cows has some relevance, but we can wait until chariots/similar I suppose. Especially if there's seafood it would be a decent location for a city that would also pick up a lighthouse for the lake longer term. And it's the only reasonable city that picks up the cows. I'm assuming that's the coast to the south and not another big lake (desert tile 2S of the cows is not fresh water, right?). Maybe you've mentioned it somewhere already but I've missed it.
Builds/city planning seems pretty good. Once BW is in/we've scouted around the capital I'll play through it to see.