Good evening! Partly cloudy and 48 degrees in North Syracuse. There is a north-northwest breeze at 9 mph. A cool evening, but not that cold compared to what it should be this time of year though. Went for a nice walk along Main Street this evening, walking about three miles, but it sure gets dark early. If your burning calories outside, it doesn’t feel that cool, especially as the wind has dropped down a bit.

 It was nice at Chimney Bluffs today, but I wish I planned to spend more time there. I didn’t get up real early, because it was pretty darn cloudy at the place I’m staying at here in North Syracuse. But at  least I got up there and it was nice. With a natural place like Chimney Bluffs, which has lasted for thousands of year, you never know if a hurricane or tornado hits or just a collapse leading to the destruction of this natural beauty. Remember what happened to Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire.

Watching the Presidential Debate Now on Youtube/PBS. And drinking beer. It’s interesting to hear, especially with all the controversy over Trump’s brutish behavior lately. I was on the fence for a while, but I’m learning to accept Hillary as the better candidate. Trump is just awful and I don’t agree with a lot of things that the Republican Party is advocating. Hearing that Hillary is open to free trade and open borders, certainly helped to warm me up to her. I think Hillary is a lot more professional then Trump, and she would make a good first women president.

Now, I doubt things will get much better. I am pretty sure that the GOP will continue to control the house, thanks to gerrymandering the districts. The US Senate is a bit more up, if Trump’s implosion maybe it will flip. That said, it’s important to have a check on the power of government to protect access to our public lands and our second amendment rights, and I think we do got to make sure we implement policies that benefit all Americans and not just a handful.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low of 38 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal. North wind 7 to 9 mph. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1980. Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 58% illuminated. The moon will set around 3:23 am. The Full “Hunter” Moon is next Saturday night.

Columbus Day will be sunny, with a high of 55 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 34 at 6am. North wind 6 to 11 mph. The record high of 89 was set in 1939. The sun will rise at 7:12 am with the first light at 6:44 am, which is 1 minutes and 10 seconds later then yesterday.

Tomorrow, I’m hoping to climb Jones Hill and get some morning pictures tomorrow if I get an early enough start. On the hills south of Syracuse, the colors should be pretty close to peak. The weather forecast for tomorrow looks to be cool but nice for hiking and enjoying the wilderness. Wish I was camping though, but right now with work and everything else, I just don’t have the time. Come November, I will have much more time to camp, but the leaves will be gone. But by then most of the hunting and trapping seasons will be open. The propane heater makes November camping a lot more fun.

Looking ahead, Harvest Moon is in 1 weeks, First Day of Sunset Before 6 PM in Albany is in 2 weeks, National Candy Corn Day Day is in 3 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends and Last Day with 10 Hours of Daylight is in 4 weeks, First Day on Average with Low of Freezing is in 5 weeks and Christmas is in 11 weeks.

Good afternoon! Partly cloudy and 56 degrees at Chimney Bluffs State Park. There is a north-northwest breeze at 13 mph. The dew point is 44 degrees. 30 days until you get to vote for Hillary or Trump, and 31 days until we know most likely who will be victimizing our country for the next four years. We are now 11 weeks out from Christmas too — it will be here before you know it. Christmas falls on Sunday, so if you work week days, you’ll have off Christmas Eve, and possibly the Monday after Christmas.

This afternoon will be mostly sunny, with near constant temperatures, a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 44 at 12pm. Northwest wind around 14 mph. The record high of 83 was set in 1949. The sun will set at 6:33 pm with dusk around 7:01 pm, which is 1 minutes and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 11 hours and 17 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Earlier this morning, i drove up to Chimney Bluff State Park. I always wanted to go up there, and I decided to go up there because it was sunny. It started as a trip up to Lake Ontario, and somehow I ended up up at Chimey Bluffs. I’ve always wanted to go there, and it was my chance to do it today. It was a lot longer of a drive then I expected, but it was a very nice fall drive, mostly through wooded and swampy areas on mostly flat and straight roads. A bit more traffic though then I would have liked on NY 3 and NY 104.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 48 degrees at 3am. Six degrees above normal. North wind 16 to 18 mph. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1980.

Next Sunday is the Hunter’s Moon when the sun will be setting at 6:21 pm with dusk at 6:50 pm. Lots of moon light for finding those ‘yotes, or in the Northern Zone, heading out in the field early in search of deer. Bright a flashlight though, so you don’t get shot. The average high temperature is 60 degrees, with a record high of 88 in 1947.

Three weeks out from National Candy Corn Day. I like candy corn. I know a lot of people aren’t such big fans of it. Well too bad.

Today in 1967, a day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. Today in college dorm rooms across our country his image is featured on flags and posters.

Back in 1812, in a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia at Fort Erie, near where the Niagara River comes together with Lake Ontario.