What I Like To Do Around Camp

People sometimes ask what I like to do while campingβ›Ί Besides sitting by the fire and listening to the spring peepers and the birds,🐸 I also will often put on some music or a podcast, especially in the evening.

In the day time I like to cook – I actually like camp cooking better than at home as I’m not distracted by all the other things going on at home. 🍳I also spend a lot of time reading as camping often is a long distraction free time for me. Lately I’ve been spending more time writing, 📚as I’m trying to capture more of my thoughts and experiences in words.

 Camping At Camp Run

Camping in the wilderness is a chance to get away from all the noise and problems that are inherent in living in the city.

Honk

Geese honking at Black Creek Marsh Wetland.

April 27, 2023 Morning

Miles from nowhere πŸ—»

Lately I’ve gotten into Cat Stevens record lately. I think it’s because I have a lot more energy these days and feel great.

Good morning! Happy Arbor Day. πŸŽ„ Trees are great. They keep it cool in the summer, are nice and warm when you burn them, great places to hang stuff off of and create good healthy oxygen.

Fog and 41 degrees in Delmar for the morning walk. 🌫 Calm wind. More sun later with skies clearing around 8 am as the fog burns off.

Finally got up and walking 🚢 closer to six 6⃣ this morning. Little achy from the dampness but it’s good to be alive. Barley and blueberries for breakfast πŸ₯£ when I get home. This evening after the walk I’ll refill my pantry so I have a wider variety of healthy choices in my pantry for next weekend going into next week. Variety is important for a good diet. 🍏 πŸ₯¦

Today will have isolated showers between 10am and noon. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 61 degrees at 5pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 19th. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1962. There was a dusting of snow in 2020.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.2Β° from the due south horizon (-9.7Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:12 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283Β°). πŸ“Έ

Yesterday I got in 10.1 miles walked 🚢 for the day which is good. The heavy rain held off until 8 pm, it was pouring by the time I was heading home from the park. Got dark quickly too. Tomorrow marks 100 days walking five miles or more a day some days far more. I can’t complain, I feel great.

The sunset is in the west-northwest (290Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:51 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:20 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter πŸŒ“ Moon in the southwest (215Β°) at an altitude of 67Β° from the horizon, 252,244 miles away. πŸš€ The best time to look at the stars is after 8:58 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies πŸŒ„ and temperatures around 57 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 13 hours and 58 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 37 degrees at 5am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 16th. Light south wind. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of 25 occurred back in 1947.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, showers, mainly after 8am. High near 54. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 51 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 66 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is 8:30 PM Dusk πŸŒ† when the sun will be setting at 7:59 pm with dusk at 8:29 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 57 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 68 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1944.

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