September 24, 2015 final update

At this point we are down to 60 degrees with the bright moon. The frogs are singing their song on this second evening of fall. Expect a low around 49 degrees tonight.

Ordered a set of overview maps for Monongahela National Forest and the George Washington National Forests. I couldn’t find a version online so I ordered them. I think I have a strategy for getting down there via the Allegheny National Forest, which will break up the trip and make it easier then heading diagonal across Pennsylvania and hitting the metropolitan traffic. Probably go down I-99 or maybe US 219 both of which avoid Pennsylvania’s major cities. Probably start in the Northern part of Monongahela NF and work my way south. On the way back I could go diagonally across Pennsylvania but then I risk hitting a lot of city traffic. Thinking of leaving for this trip the second week of October but I don’t have it off yet and still have a lot left to plan.

September 24, 2015 evening

Good evening. Currently 66 degrees and mostly clear. There is a Waxing Gibbous Moon, setting at 2:39 AM. The full moon and eclipse will occur on Sunday.
Went out for a drink or two after work and are catching the bus home. I am probably going to have a bite and then go for the evening walk.

September 24, 2015 morning

Good morning on this second day of autumn. Not much evidence of colors changing at this point but that’s not unusual in the city. It was 48 degrees when I awoke but already up to 54 degrees and will climb to 76 degrees by afternoon. The midpoint in the day is 12:46 PM as we get closer to having days where the nights are longer than the days.

This weekend is Moosefest in Indian Lake. Going up there with Mom and Dad. I hope the colors are nice up at Moose River Plains. It gets cold and snowy up there early most years, which is why a 4×4 or snow chains are required come October.

Starting to look half seriously about going down to the Dolly Sands portion of West Virginia. I need to figure out where I will camp mid-state Pennsylvania but this is the year to do it with low gas prices and the free time at work to do it. I bet West Virginia is a  very different state then New York but then again Appalachia is likely the same wherever you go.