October 27, 2015 night

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Good evening. At the 10 o’clock hour we are at 37 degrees under a full moon with some clouds creeping in. Rain creeps in around nine or ten in the morning. Make sure to bring a sturdy umbrella or better yet a rain coat to work tomorrow, it’s going to be a wet one.

Beautiful moon tonight through the clouds! If you haven’t been out your missing a lot of beauty.

The evening walk was nice tonight. A bit chilly but well worth spending the time outdoors. My ankle is pretty much healed, this morning I cancelled the follow up appointment I had with the doctor for tomorrow. Extended walking still hurts occasionally and hiking in mountains can at times be challenging but really I feel quite good. I almost wish I didn’t have to get to bed for work tomorrow.

October 27, 2015 evening

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Good evening. Currently 52 degrees under mostly clear skies. Some high clouds but not too dreary as the shadows hang low on the few evenings we still have sunlight – at least for a few minutes until 5:54 PM.

Tonight is going to have another beautiful moon lit evening with the October Hunting Moon remaining shining bright throughout the night. The temperature will be around 42 at 9 PM. Tomorrow will be rainy with strong winds but mild around 60 degrees.

After much time chewing over it, I bought the propane catalytic heater that I was looking at. I think especially on cold mornings it will make mornings much more pleasant. I can heat up a tent, lean-to, or even blow heat into my truck cap. I need to get a propane tank but I will stop at the local hardware store.

Traffic heading out of the city is moving slowly but I don’t see any reason why. I can’t imagine road construction will be going on much longer but still things are pretty much a mess. I’m starting to wonder if the I-787    construction will ever conclude. Freezing temperatures and southern zone hunting will bring it to an end sooner than later.

Doing some Google Maps of demographics in Rensselaer County and they will be posted tomorrow and on an ongoing basis. I am a big fan of Google Maps.

October 27, 2015 morning

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Good morning. Chilly start to this late October morning with temperatures rising to about 29 degrees as the 9 o’clock hour gets well underway. Later on today looking at 56 degrees and sunny. Mostly just some high clouds this morning with lots of sun.

Installed and started playing with the new version of QGIS. No new maps yet as I’m still experimenting with the new features. They definitely are a modest improvement. It seems like improving the visual output of QGIS in recent versions has been a priority.

Looking forward to heading back up north and doing some camping. Weekends really aren’t the same when you’re stuck in town. While I haven’t taken off time yet really looking forward to that Veterans Day trip. After that, I will likely take a trip during the Thanksgiving Day holiday or more properly, Black Friday through Sunday. Then it depends a lot on how much snow we get. Even if we get a lot of snow, as long as it’s reasonably warm I will do either some tent camping or lean-to camping.