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The smoke clears as the weekend approaches but I’m in as much of as a haze ever ๐ŸŒ

Through the haze I think I can see the weekend though for a while walking yesterday I could feel my throat burning. Again the smoke alarm went off in the office from the wildfire smoke, the fire department came and switched off the alarm. I reviewed votes on calender 58B at one AM in the morning, flipped a Rules Report number got up at 5:50 am and started walking. A day in the life.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! On a clear day you can still see the weekend. Summer is still coming despite the smoke which started to part yesterday. Mostly cloudy with some smoke and fog around 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. ๐ŸŒ Calm wind. The air quality index is 54. You can sort of start to breathe again this morning.

That cold cup of coffee โ˜• helps a lot as died the cold air. My throat feels a lot better this morning, it really started to burn yesterday when I was walking in the mid afternoon after the smoke had appeared to lift but the air quality levels still were around 175. ๐ŸซWalked 6 ¼ miles yesterday and 7 ½ miles yesterday which ain’t bad despite the busy schedule and noxious air. Reheating the eggs, spinach and vegetables from yesterday ๐Ÿณ. A rich source of protein and energy for the coming day.

It seems like only a day more of wearing my oversized dress pants ๐Ÿ•ด๏ธwhich apparently the pair I had saved for today seems particularly oversized. In many ways I can’t believe how much weight I have lost. Now I kind of wish I had a working scale and weighted myself before I started this journey into healthy eating ๐Ÿ. I concede probably a lot of it was the two pounds of cheese ๐Ÿง€ I was eating most weeks, which for as much as I love all things dairy ๐Ÿฎ, that’s a lot of saturated fat. I do like my new sense of taste and all interesting foods. I guess session could extend after midnight again but I don’t think I’ll be likely driving downtown to work a full day on Saturday though anything is possible. I just want things to wrap up so so I can get onto summer.

Today will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Some of the storms could produce small hail. Partly sunny ๐ŸŒฆ, with a high of 67 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 3rd. Maximum dew point of 52 at 9am. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1933.

Last night when I was working from home ๐Ÿ’ป I made up another pound of rice ๐Ÿš and lentils for the upcoming week. A mixture of red and green lentils in the rice as it was a red lentil week but I didn’t have enough. After lunch today the pound of black beans I cooked up on Sunday evening will be done. They were good especially cold with red onions. ๐Ÿง… I need to get to the store ๐Ÿ›’ soon as my fresh and frozen fruit supply has been mostly eaten at this point as I only have a single apple ๐Ÿ left in my office ๐Ÿข although I can finish off the red grapes ๐Ÿ‡ today at work. Yesterday’s dinner was the last of the rice with a thawed shrimp ๐Ÿฆ and lots of kale. But I’m even getting low on frozen kale and spinach, so you know a real crisis in the pantry is ahead.

Solar noon ๐ŸŒž is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.3° from the due south horizon (-0.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour ๐Ÿ… starts at 7:50 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). ๐Ÿ“ธ The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:32 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 9:06 pm, which is 36 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 9:52 pm. At sunset, look out for rain ๐ŸŒง and thunderstorms ๐ŸŒฉ and temperatures around 63 degrees. The dew point will be 53 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 17 minutes of daytime, an increase of 49 seconds over yesterday.

In an ideal world session would wrap up fairly early today, ๐Ÿก I could get home early, take a nap ๐Ÿ˜ด and then get to Walmart around 8 pm when freshly stocked but that’s living in a fantasy world. ๐Ÿง› I think realistically the best I can do is try to get my steps ๐Ÿ‘ฃ in today, keep my eyes ๐Ÿ‘€ mostly open at work and celebrate ๐ŸŽ‰ come tomorrow when the legislative session is done if it is done before then which I concede may be unlikely.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce small hail. Mostly cloudy ๐ŸŒง, with a low of 48 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 16th. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1975.

I double checked to make sure my stove was off ๐Ÿฒ and that the refrigerator was off and the iron unplugged before leaving home because I’m sure memory is bad at this point. ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿป‍โ™‚๏ธI’ll be glad for a more normal week next week though I have a busy one planned. Got to get my summer on. โ˜” I forgot my umbrella again but at this point I don’t care if I get a bit wet heading home.๐ŸŒง๏ธ I’ll dry out my suit jacket, probably will need to be dried cleaned by January at any rate and I’ll throw the rest in the wash. Probably going to end up getting at least some new dress shirts and pants should I keep off the weight if not loose more through the end of the year.

On this day in 1972, severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, ๐ŸŒŠcreating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage. This one wasn’t blown up by the Russians. I have always been fascinated about some day maybe living in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฒ๐ŸŒฒ Very wooded and remote, low taxes, good gun laws. If I was a Republican I would probably vote for their Governor in the Republican presidential primary as she is pretty damn sexy and has that flame thrower on her ranch. ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Partly sunny ๐ŸŒฆ, with a high of 74 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 27th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8am. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 2008.

I’m hoping to do the Gas Up ๐Ÿšœ with dad on Saturday assuming that I’m not working. Then an overnight hammock camping ๐Ÿ• in the woods somewhere. I heard Stanton’s has fresh strawberries ๐Ÿ“ which might be good as a snack at camp and breakfast the next morning, especially if I don’t have time to shop in the mean time.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. โ˜€ Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 59 at 7pm.  I might do the Gas Up again on Sunday to explore more of it and get some ice cream ๐Ÿง made with the antique churn and the Blackstone engine assuming I’m not too tired. Plus hike at Thacher Park. ๐Ÿšถ Typical average high for the weekend is 78 degrees.

Next week, I have a busy week ahead. ๐Ÿšฒ I am hoping to get some advice on my bicycle from the Albany Bicycle Rescue clinic on Tuesday, which will hopefully get me on the right track. Then come Wednesday, I need to go to the store and get my propane tank filled ๐Ÿฎ and food for the long weekend. I plan to take Friday off to head up to the Adirondacks, so I will be driving north on Thursday evening, hopefully to get the House Pond Campsite and the swimming hole. โ›บ And the Potholers Monday is Juneteenth and I’m planning to take off Tuesday, so I will probably camp somewhere different for the second half of the weekend. Maybe Stewart Landing and paddle Lily Lake ๐ŸŒผ in hope that there will still be the lilies out on the lake. They come pretty early in my experience and are a easy to miss.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until National Nude Day ๐Ÿ‘ฑ when the sun will be setting at 8:33 pm with dusk at 9:06 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 84 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1995.

 Muddy at Moose River Plains

May 28, 2020 Night

Good evening! Cloudy, muggy and 73 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ˜ There is a south breeze at 13 mph. ๐Ÿƒ. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear Saturday around 11 am.

A fairly quiet day, I got my remaining camping gear put away, ๐Ÿ”ฑand spend a lot of time vacuuming up sand ๐Ÿ‘ฃI managed to track everywhere from working Wednesday at the beach ๐ŸŠ and running back to my truck ๐Ÿƒ when I needed run reports or export something from Excel.

It was kind of a hot and sticky day, โ™จ not oppressive but you definitely felt the sop when you moved around and burned some calories. The long hair ๐Ÿ’‡was particularly gross in the heat and humidity despite washing it in the morning and trimming my sideburns and goatee down to a reasonable length.

I went down to the library for a while this afternoon and worked down there ๐Ÿ’ป. I was having trouble with the internet but ultimately I moved closer to the library and swapped to a different version of the kernel driver which seemed to improve the Wi-Fi reception. ๐Ÿ“ถ The Wi-Fi has been always kind of problem with this laptop as the Linux driver has always been a bit buggy.

I went for my evening walk ๐Ÿšถ and eat the remaining pasta ๐Ÿฒ I made for lunch. Caught up on the YouTube videos ๐Ÿ“น that I downloaded earlier in the day. I haven’t followed the usual YouTube stuff as closely as I’d rather sit out back then watching videos. Plus in the spring, how many hours of video do you really want to watch of people hauling manure. ๐Ÿ’ฉ A lot of that in spring time on the YouTube. I also was having issues with my YouTube download script I had to fix.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly between midnight and 4am. Mostly cloudy ๐ŸŒง, with a low of 68 degrees at 4am. 17 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 10pm. South wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mist in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1956.

Tonight will have a First Quarter ๐ŸŒ“ Moon with 39% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west-southwest (258ยฐ) at an altitude of 38ยฐ from the horizon, some 229,937 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. ๐Ÿš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by November 19th. Buckle up for safety! ๐Ÿ’บ The Strawberry ๐Ÿ“ Moon is on Friday, June 5. The darkest hour is at 12:54 am, followed by dawn at 4:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:23 am in the east-northeast (59ยฐ) and last for 3 minutes and 22 seconds. Sunrise is 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:05 am with sun in the east-northeast (66ยฐ). Tonight will have 8 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 26 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy ๐ŸŒง, with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 1pm. South wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1931.

In four weeks on June 25 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303ยฐ) at 8:37 pm,๐ŸŒ„ which is 13 minutes and 43 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 86 and 68 degrees. Around the latest sunset of the year, already moving a bit further west and less north as winter approaches again. Typically, you have temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. The record high of 95 degrees was set back in 1898.

Black River

April 30, 2020 Night

Good evening! Rain and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ˜” Breezy, ๏ธ17 mph breeze from the south-southeast ๐ŸŒฌ with gusts up to 30 mph ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ. The dew point is 50 degrees.

The Lyme Disease round 2 is no joke and I’m going to call the doctor on the morning ๐Ÿ˜ท and figure out this telemedicine thing. I wanted to wait for the bulls eye but I’m so achy and sore and pulled that big gorged tick on Tuesday. ๐Ÿœ I guess round 2 of Lyme hits a lot harder. I didn’t even think about my evening walk. I just hope come morning I won’t be too stiff and sore to climb the stairs. I’m sure once I get on doxycline I’ll be fine ๐Ÿ’Š but this is pretty awful.

I’d like to get up to the Adirondacks this weekend for some social distancing โ›บ but with the Lyme disease and the mud and particularly the rain that is going to last through Friday night I don’t see it happening. Going to be a nice weekend so I’ll have to figure out what I can do closer to home. Weather is only going to improve as summer approaches and once I make up my mind on the screen house for camping I’ll have a black fly free zone for enjoying a long weekend camping.

Tonight will rain. The rain could be heavy at times. ๐ŸŒง Low of 53 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 4am. ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 42 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 2008.

Tonight will have a First Quarter ๐ŸŒ“ Moon with 54% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southwest (225ยฐ) at an altitude of 61ยฐ from the horizon, some 230,996 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. ๐Ÿš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by October 22nd. Buckle up for safety! ๐Ÿ’บ The Flower ๐ŸŒท Moon is on Thursday, May 7. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:21 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:52 am in the east-northeast (69ยฐ) and last for 3 minutes and 6 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 22 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:31 am with sun in the east-northeast (75ยฐ). Tonight will have 9 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. ๐ŸŒฆ High of 63 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 29th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 1pm. ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2001. There was a dusting of snow in 1978.โ„

In four weeks on May 28 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301ยฐ) at 8:23 pm,๐ŸŒ„ which is 28 minutes and 47 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 57 and 50 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 73 and 51 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 2016.

Looking ahead, Flower Moon ๐ŸŒ• is in 1 week.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿฆ…Only 22 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Hunter Mountain Fire Tower

April 11, 2020 Night

Good evening! Clear and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Without the breeze doesn’t feel bad at all. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 am. โ˜ƒ๏ธ

Not a half bad day, ๐ŸŒฒdid some walking ๐Ÿšถ in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and Five Rivers, uploaded a half dozen patches to the blog – including fixing the mobile ๐Ÿ“ฑ site – and broken images. Got a bunch of historical aerial photos that I’ll be featuring in the coming weeks. The photos from 1942 are fascinating but most of them are the Adirondacks and North Country. Going to do some historical comparisons of Moose River Plains, Niagara Falls and other places during the next few weeks – georeferencing old aerial photos is a lot of fun. ๐ŸŒŽ And I went for my evening walk ๐Ÿšถ. Nice starry ๐ŸŒŸ outside, cool but actually less cold than earlier as the wind died down.

Tonight will be mostly clear ๐ŸŒƒ, with a low of 30 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 28th. Light south wind. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 13 occurred back in 1874.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous ๐ŸŒ– Moon with 79% illuminated. The Pink ๐ŸŒธ Moon is on Monday, April 27. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:51 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:21 am in the east-northeast (78ยฐ) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. You don’t realize how far north the sun rises as summer approaches. Sunrise is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ„ It’s remarkable how much light there now is in the morning. The golden hour ends at 6:58 am with sun in the east (84ยฐ). Tonight will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny ๐ŸŒž but clouding up early, with a high of 61 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 20th. South wind 8 to 13 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 60 degrees. The record high of 84 was set in 1977. 3.3 inches of snow fell back in 1962.โ„

Could I go to Papscanee Island Preserve for a walk ๐Ÿฆ tomorrow in the morning before it clouds up โ˜? It’s a possibility I guess and it might be a nice spring day and down by the river things might be greening up a lot. ๐Ÿฐ That said tomorrow is Easter and I assume Aldi’s is closed which is my primary excuse for going over to Rensselaer. I probably have enough groceries for now although I wish I had more meats and cheeses. ๐Ÿ– I could do Hannaford but they’re so overpriced. I’ve gotten into value shopping lately with my always tight budget. Also need to get down to the laundromat soon.

In four weeks on May 9 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (295ยฐ) at 8:04 pm,๐ŸŒ„ which is 31 minutes and 35 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 66 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 67 and 45 degrees. The record high of 93 degrees was set back in 1979.

Looking ahead, Average High is 70 ๐Ÿฎ is in 5 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts ๐Ÿ•๏ธ is in 6 weeks, Last Day of Session ๐Ÿ› is in 10 weeks and Summer ๏ธโ›ฑ๏ธ is in 10 weeks.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿฆ…Only 41 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

 Mudding

February 22, 2020 Night

Good evening! Clear and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind.There is a dusting of snow on the ground. โ˜ƒ Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 9 am. 🌡๏ธ

Not a half bad day, sunny but fairly cool. โ˜€ Pine Bush Hike 🌲 in the morning, than Yonder Farms, 🍪 came home for lunch, picked up my dry cleaning, hiked and watched the sun set at Schodack Island State Park, 🚶 gassed up and washed off Big Red and but groceries at Aldis and Wally World. 🍓Good day but a bit muddy at the Schodack Island but lots of birds 🐦 and they were chirping.

The Pine Bush Hike was fun 🚶 as one of the people there was from Missouri and worked for years with the Farm Bureau and also the Forest Service on conservation planning. 🌲 Similar to all of the stuff that the DEC does for UMP and the National Forest down there also leases out grazing rights similar to the Finger Lakes National Forest. 🐮 I’ve always been very interested in the Ozarks – as she was saying it’s a lot cheaper and less snowy down there and folks are much less high strung than us New Yorkers. Plus gun laws are much better and fewer restrictions on open burning. 🔥 They also do a lot of fire management and controlled burns on the national forest as they do in the Pine Bush.

Plus I always like Schodack Island. 🐦 Castleton on the Hudson is always pretty as is driving past the mud flats and the very gritty outskirts of Rensselaer. Maybe not the great farm country as up the hill 🚜 but still a nice drive. Plus I like Aldis in Rensselaer. Inexpensive but a nice store 🏬.

Only pet annoyance was the guy in the big truck wash bay at the car wash 🛀 while all the other bays were empty. But I just pulled out my phone and waited 📱, listening to the radio and the results of the Nevada caucus. 📻 I think Bernie Sanders will be a good candidate to run against Donald Trump this cycle and he very much may win although the Republicans in Congress will block everything he does and probably win back the house and senate in two years – the off year 2022 railing against the socialist in the White House.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 23 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 8th. Light south wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 20 degrees. The record low of -16 occurred back in 1972.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon. The Worm 🐛 Moon is on Monday, March 9. The darkest hour is at 12:10 am, followed by dawn at 6:15 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:44 am in the east-southeast (104ยฐ) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Sun is rising quite a bit earlier these days as the time change approaches. The golden hour ends at 7:23 am with sun in the east-southeast (110ยฐ). Tonight will have 13 hours and 5 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 48 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 24th. South wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2017. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1935.โ„

Going to be a nice day, so I want to get a fairly early start and hike at Partridge Run. 🚶 I’ll probably start at Gifford Hollow Road but I might wander quite a ways west but I’ll stay on the roads because the woods will be a muddy mess. 👢 🐽

In four weeks on March 21 the sun will be setting in the west (271ยฐ) at 7:09 pm (Daylight Savings Time),🌄 which is one hour, 33 minutes and 44 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 48 and 38 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 46 and 27 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 1921.

Looking ahead, Average High is 50 🌸 is in 5 weeks, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 8 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 2 months, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 12 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕๏ธ is in 13 weeks, Last Day of Session 🏛 is in 17 weeks, Summer ๏ธโ›ฑ๏ธ is in 17 weeks and Average High is 80 🏖 is in 4 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 89 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

South Hunter Mountain