As the afternoon progressed, more clouds pushed in from the west as I was riding along the C&O Trail outside of Cumberland.
Taken on Sunday October 22, 2023 at C&O Canal Towpath.
If you climb down the steep ledge off Edick Road Campsite 1, you can find a quiet place to watch wildlife from the shadows overlooking a marshy part of the East Canada Creek.
Taken on Saturday August 14, 2021 at Piseco-Powley Road.Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Partly sunny and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. With the lower dew point and the sun it’s a pretty nice morning.
I made a pot of coffee ☕ in percolator and then cooled it in the sink and put it in the freezer to make it cold. While not super hot today, I kind of prefer my coffee cold this time of year. On iced coffee per se with all the sugar but still cold and refreshing with milk 🐮 is always good.
Today will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 81 degrees at 2pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 10th. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. Cooler but still really muggy. 😰 Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1995.
Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 69° from the due south horizon (-1.9° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. While it can be real hot for six more weeks – or maybe a bit longer – shadows are growing longer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:51 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (294°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (301°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:33 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 22 seconds with dusk around 9:05 pm, which is 37 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:50 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 26 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 60 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 14th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 7pm. Should be decent sleeping 😴 by later on which is good as I’ve been up too late lately. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1950.
On this day in 1969, the $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills are officially withdrawn from circulation. 💵 After this date, if you wanted to buy a large purchase in cash or bribe a politician, you needed a lot of hundred dollars in bills. They had last been printed in 1945, and were finally dropped from circulation in 1969, in part as an effort to reduce corruption and money scams. 👔 I just remember that time I was walking during lunch and two men were handing off a big stack of hundred 💯 dollar bills 💰in an alleyway. I’m sure they were just buying a car or something and it wasn’t some mid level bureaucrat taking a bribe. Shit doesn’t happen like that in Albany, which is America’s most ethical capital.
Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Maximum dew point of 68 at 8am. Sunday, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 69 at 9am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.
Looking ahead, there are 16 weeks until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.
Good evening! Mostly clear and 56 degrees at Horseshoe Lake. 🌃 There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. Final night here, my three nights here expires comes morning.
So the plan is to break camp early tomorrow ⛺ and then head down to Horseshoe Lake for a paddle. Already the flags 🎌 are down, hammock and gear is organized for a quick pack. At lunch time I’ll go to Tupper Lake for milk and ice ❄ and work using the village maybe upload some stuff to the blog. At five o’clock I’m going to head up to the Saranac Lake Wild Forest or St. Regis Canoe Area where I have cell service and work there Friday and then drive home Saturday I think. 🚣👯
Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 52 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 1st. Maximum dew point of 51 at 12am. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became rain by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.
Busy day at work, preparing a large memorandum report that ended up getting shelved 📚 for another project. The laptop battery held up fine and during lunch and later in the afternoon I plugged it into the truck to top it off.
Lows Ledge was pretty but clouds pushed in at the wrong time ☁ – they came in slightly after I arrive and departed after I left casting dark shadows on the land but I got some nice pictures 📷 at the end. Beautiful country up there. I’d love to paddle Hitchens Pond but with work and everything else I just don’t have the time. ⌚ I’m getting to hang out in some beautiful country but work has been crazy. It’s a road trip yes, but not really a vacation. I’m working every day including for a while on the weekend.
While seeing the bear and cubs 🐻 play in the tree was kind of cool, I wasn’t not happy seeing the bear so close to camp. He’s too comfortable with humans and I don’t want him breaking into my truck or tearing up camp. 👣 I thought about sending some bird shot in the woods away from him to send him packing but at the time my truck was parked out on the road soaking up sun for the solar and I didn’t have my shotgun right pm me. Hopefully he won’t be a problem tonight after tonight she’s somebody else’s problem.
Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 16% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west (280°) at an altitude of 17° from the horizon, some 231,151 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 17th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the west-northwest (296°) at 11:41 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Saturday, July 4. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:39 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:16 am in the northeast (55°) and last for 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Sunrise is 20 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:00 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 16 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 5pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8am. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.
In four weeks on July 22 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (299°) at 8:33 pm,🌄 which is 12 minutes and 38 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 74 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1926.
On the ski trail. It was about 4:15 PM at this time, and we already where getting into shadows in the woods.
Taken on Sunday January 24, 2010 at Partridge Run Game Management Area.