While I was on the fence, I decided to stay in town this weekend 🏑

While I was on the fence, I decided to stay in town this weekend 🏑

With gas prices so high, I have to be a bit more selective about which weeks I head out of town. Plus my truck is due for an oil change and possibly other service — I should review the manual. I doubt I will have a chance to get out of town this month, but my hope is come June, July and August I can get away at least twice a month, preferring long-weekends so I can maximize my trip.

Probably will plan on places I can park, take advantage of solar and camp all weekend without running the truck, to save fuel. House Pond Campsite is a perfect example of that with the swimming hole. Or possibly do trips out to Schoharie and Burnt Rossman and the Mine Kill Pool, which isn’t quite so far out of town and then I can visit my parents house on Sunday when I get back home. I actually somewhat prefer not to head out of town on Fridays, as I’m often tired after a long week and just want rest up before the long drive up north or out west.

Water Levels Have Dropped A Lot

Forecasters predict another savage wildfire season – The Hill

Forecasters predict another savage wildfire season – The Hill

This year’s wildfire season will be just as intense as last year, forecasters predict.

AccuWeather forecasters are predicting an “above normal” wildfire season this year which typically runs from May to October. By early May, wildfires had already burned more than 1.1 million acres, more than twice the number burned by that time last year.

Senior Meteorologist Paul Pastelok told Changing America that early predictions for this fire season point to there being between 68,000 and 72,000 wildfires with total land burned peaking at around 8.1 to 8.3 million acres.

But those numbers could change depending on human activity, Pastelok added. Nearly 85 percent of all wildfires are set by humans, according to data from the National Park Service.

Sunday evening

Remote work πŸ’» from Spectulator tomorrow than back to the office 🏒 come Wednesday. 

Taken on Sunday May 16, 2021 at Mason Lake.