Good morning! Second to the last full day of vacation. Sunday it’s back to Albany. Monday is work. Five weeks to September 1st. Mostly cloudy and 71 degrees at Enfield Glen aka Robert Treman State Park in Ithaca. There is a north breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 7 am.

Yesterday I hiked through Watkins Glen and spent a few hours at the pool. I went to the Laundromat and got ice cream at Glen Dairy Bar. When I got back to camp, I grilled up a burger and the cows came over to see what I was grilling. Hiked back to Foster Pond after dark and looked at the few stars that were up there – not many though. No campfire though.  Tonight hopefully there will be more stars if I go back there. I want to also have a fire tonight, because I’m rapidly running out nights on vacation and I need to catch up on burning the camp garbage. 

Today I’m out hiking at Robert Treman State Park and then will see if the swimming area is open. If it is I will probably visit it and then in the evening go back to Watkins Glen and maybe hit up the pool and Glen Dairy Bar again. Maybe see if I can see a good sunset over Seneca Lake from one of the pastures. 
Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high of 76 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11am. North wind 5 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 91 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1929.

The sun will set at 8:29 pm with dusk around 9:01 pm, which is one minute and 3 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for partly cloudy conditions and 70 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 33 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 3 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 55 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. North wind around 6 mph. In 2016, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1987.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until September 1st when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:07 pm. On that day in 2016, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 79 and 62 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1953.