I was so chilled through at home I took a long time to get out and hiking today.
I should have turned up the heat this morning, I make good money but I got my first winter heating bill yesterday and I wasn’t prepared to spend much more money.
I am not ready for winter. Maybe if I had a small cabin and a wood stove for heat I’d feel different about the winter. But with no real snow fall this winter yet and relatively mild weather predicted I just find it hard to accept its already winter.
It supposedly is around 50 degrees outside but it feels much colder on the Dickinson Hill Fire Tower. It probably is. But I like the views and looking out at the rural countryside at the farms, the forests and the mountains. The not pretty land but the rough and cold land that waits for spring time to come.
It was windy and cold on the tower but it's nice to get away and I like looking at the rural landscape in with all its browns and grays against the deep blue skies. The Petersburg Ridge reminds me a bit of West Virginia.
The sign in rural Rennselear County asked, “What if Bible True?”
If it is, we are all fucked, it’s as simple as that. Even if it’s not true we probably are fucked. Humanity has proven itself time and time again to be non sustainable, I really doubt there is all that much of a future ahead for us a species. And for all that bible worshipping and humping out there it seems like most religious folk don’t do much to live up to the words in the good book.
Today’s sunrise was at 7:17 am. The next time the sun will rise earlier then today is in 42 days on Monday, January 24, 2022.
The average high for today is 39 degrees. The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 77 days on Monday, February 28, 2022 when the average temperature will be 40 degrees.
The highest point for the sun today will be 24.2° from the horizon at 11:51 am. The next time the sun will be higher in the sky mid-day is in 17 days on Thursday, December 30.
Today has 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight. The next time the day will be longer then today is in 16 days on Wednesday, December 29.
Today’s sunset will be at 4:22 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today is in 360 days on Thursday, December 8, 2022.
The average low for today is 24 degrees. The next night it will be on average warmer then tonight is in 88 days on Friday, March 11, 2022 when the average temperature will be 25 degrees.
I don’t know about you, but I’ll take a fifty degree day in mid-December
Assuming those clouds decide to push away, which right now they are kind of stuck around. But maybe they won’t last forever. Next Saturday doesn’t look that good for getting out of town, but I might leave on Sunday then or maybe not at all. I have next week off, but I am in no obligation to head out of town. Certainly staying at home could save money, although I still would like to get away for a few nights next week.
Today. Feels like … November 13th.
Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny.
South wind around 7 mph.
and
50 degrees
,
4:22 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … November 10th.
Mostly clear.
Southwest wind around 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
and
33 degrees
,
7:17 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … November 25th.
Mostly sunny.
Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.
and
45 degrees
,
4:22 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … December 10th.
Partly cloudy.
Light north wind.
and
24 degrees
,
7:18 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … November 30th.
A chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny.
Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
43 degrees
,
4:22 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … October 18th.
A chance of rain. Cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
is in 42 days on Monday, January 24, 2022.
The next time it will be on average warmer then today is in 77 days on Monday, February 28, 2022 when the average temperature will be 40 degrees. 
The next time the sun will be higher in the sky mid-day is in 17 days on Thursday, December 30.
The next time the day will be longer then today is in 16 days on Wednesday, December 29.
is in 360 days on Thursday, December 8, 2022.
