Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Three weeks to Mutts Day. Partly sunny and 76 degrees in Albany. There is a south-southwest breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 59 degrees.

Looks like a beautiful summer morning. Today should be a nice day but more rain is expected for Tuesday. I guess everyday can’t be perfect. Now the weekend is sliding down hill but that’s still a long ways away and is subject to change. 

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 70 degrees at 3am. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 4am. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2016, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.

On this day in 1890, Wyoming is admitted to the United States as the 44th US State. Many liberals regard that as a mistake, although it has some beautiful country out in Yellowstone and lots of oil and coal. And in 1962, Telstar, the world’s first communication satellite is launched.

It was pretty last night once the moon started to rise. Lots of moonlight all over the land. Sun came up pretty early and I awoke around 5:30, got up, took a piss and went back to bed for a while. 

Truck smelled a little like gasoline while I was camping last night, as I spilled some gasoline over the bed of the truck, as I didn’t have the gas can properly sealed. It was my fault, I didn’t put the cap on right after filling my camp stove at Moose River Plains. Fixed that, and things are still ventalating out, but I had plenty of gas fumes to breathe last night. 

I am hoping to get my new phone this evening from the FedEx store. I also ordered a protective case so hopefully I won’t drop it so much and if I do it will be more protected. I also look forward to doing more Instagram photos once again because they are fast and easy and are shared both on social media and the blog. 

The more I think about it, the more I’m leaning towards camping at White House. Then I could swim at Wells or Speculator Beach and paddle the flat water of Sacandaga River. Although I wouldn’t mind going back to Pisceo Powley Road again. I do like the trip up there and being farther back in the back country. Assuming that the weather is decent next weekend I have options. Otherwise it’s just another quiet weekend at home before summer vacation in the Finger Lakes. 

Thinking about this year bringing my kayak on summer vacation. I usually don’t because I don’t like hauling the kayak all over but in the heat of summer it might be fun to paddle and fish on the various Finger Lakes. What I’m thinking is that once I set up camp I could lock my kayak to a tree so I’m not driving around with it all week. I could do the same thing when I’m at the Allegheny National Forest and are going out to Presque Isle State Park. That way I wouldn’t have to drag the kayak around everywhere.

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6pm. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.

The sun will set at 8:33 pm with dusk around 9:07 pm, which is 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for partly cloudy conditions and 78 degrees. The dew point will be 64 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 14 seconds over yesterday.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Mutts Day when the sun will be setting at 8:15 pm with dusk at 8:47 pm. On that day in 2016, we had rain, drizzle, fog, mist, cloudy skies and temperatures between 71 and 63 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1917.

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Mostly sunny and 58 degrees in Westerlo. Calm wind. The dew point is 55 degrees. Going to be a real nice day, but a bit more humid as the day progresses. More rain and thunderstorms on tap for the second half of the week.

Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6pm. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.