Starry night

I forgot how nice it’s to be by a lake on a starry night πŸŒƒ and seeing the stars reflect off the lake as the loons, owls and frogs 🐸 call out in the distance.

June 9, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 68 degrees Mason Lake. 🌟 Calm wind. The dew point is 54 degrees.

Sitting down by the lake, listening to the frogs 🐸, a screech owl and a loon. Drinking a beer 🍻 looking up at stars ✨. One firefly in the air. 🐝 Also a bit of a noisy party with people hanging out at a campsite down the lake. ✨ Checking out the stars with the star gazing app on my phone.

After packing up and organizing my gear, I ended up working from my campsite all day. β›Ί I just moved Big Red a few feet to make sure it was parked in the sun to keep the laptop and battery bank charged. Packing things up helped get things a lot more organized – and this morning had more downtime then recent. Finally hung up the flags 🎌 and hammock and electric lights tonight. They do make camping kind of more fun.

It’s night three at this campsite so I have to take camp down in the morning. πŸŒ… I I’m going to work down in Speculator – probably just using my phone and if necessary the cellular internet on the work laptop and in the afternoon will work down at the Speculator library until 5 pm. Strangely enough it wasn’t until this afternoon I hung up the flags 🎌 or the hammock but I’ve been so busy this week – I was tired 😴 after hiking Sunday and Monday I had to work late and by the time I had dinner and went fishing 🎣 it was dark and I had to call it a night πŸŒƒ.

Come the close of business tomorrow πŸ’Ό it will have been a six night camping trip with five days of work and a weekend through in when I did some hiking. Left last Thursday at 6 am before work, I’ll be home before 8 pm Wednesday this week. Because five out of the seven days were work days and my office has been quite busy, I won’t say I did a lot of scenic viewing but the hike through the dirt logging trails of Perkins Clearing to the Speculator Pig Rock 🐽 and Jessup River 🐠, the hike to Fawn Lake and Wilcox Vly were nice. 🚢 As was fishing 🎣 down at Mason Lake after work and hiking the Speculator Nature Trail several times. Solar for the most part kept my work laptop πŸ’» well charged.

But alas I’m running low on clothes πŸ‘– and food πŸ” so I need to head home tomorrow after work. The ice will be gone by tomorrow but I have little left to spoil. There is no reason this can’t repeat in two weeks should my office remain closed. 🏒 That said I kind of expect to be riding the bus 🚍 to work downtown next week even though nothing formal has been announced yet. Autumn though maybe the pandemic will be back and I can hunt before work. Plus a lack of sun later in the week poses a problem for keeping the meccessary electrons flowing.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 54 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 8th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 10pm. Light east wind. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1975.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous πŸŒ– Moon with 79% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 4:42 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:17 am in the east-northeast (57Β°) and last for 3 minutes and 31 seconds. Sunrise is 12 seconds earlier than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (64Β°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 38 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. ⚑ Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Increasing clouds 🌧, with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 66 at 5pm. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 2008.

My goal is to take down camp quite early tomorrow and be on the road to Speculator πŸš™ which is only a ten minute drive away. Then get into the meat πŸ– of the day, get client issues addressed and maybe if there is a little downtime before 11 am hop in the Speculator Beach or hike at the nature trail. I’m hoping I won’t have to work late like on Monday. Then I’m pretty sure I’ll drive home. Not thinking it’s going to be that cloudy β›… all day and while there may be some severe thunderstorm ⚑ in the afternoon I feel relatively safe working inside the truck. I’ll shut off the inverter and unplug the laptop if there is severe lightning.

Honesty, working up in the Adirondacks has been a lot more productive than working at home 🏑 or in the office 🏒. For one, I don’t use my work laptop for any personal business including checking the weather or news πŸ“° and certainly not my blog. If I was in the office on the wired or Wi-Fi internet, especially in my personal laptop I’d be checking social media multiple times a day, reading the news and probably streaming a YouTube video in the background. πŸ“Ή I also feel like while I’m working remotely, especially in the Adirondacks camping, I have to be super responsive to client texts, calls and emails especially during work hours. πŸ“Ÿ While I try to be serious at work, remote work from the Adirondacks I’m twice as serious about doing my job to the best of my ability. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m on vacation. 🏊

In four weeks on July 7 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303Β°) at 8:40 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 3 minutes later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 81 and 64 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1988.

Looking ahead, Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ is in 2 weeks, Election Day 2020 πŸ—³οΈ is in 21 weeks and Election Day 2020 πŸ—³οΈ is in 21 weeks.

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June 9, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Two weeks to Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ. Cloudy and 60 degrees at Mason Lake. ☁ There is a west breeze at 6 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 47 degrees. The skies will clear around 6 pm.

I have started to take down camp. β›Ί I could technically stay here another day but I probably won’t especially if I have to go to Speculator to use the Wi-Fi.

Today will have isolated showers. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 5pm. West wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1933.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:58 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.4Β° from the due south horizon (-0.4Β° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour πŸ… starts at 7:55 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296Β°). πŸ“Έ The sunset is in the west-northwest (304Β°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:38 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 31 seconds with dusk around 9:13 pm, which is 36 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ‡ The best time to look at the stars is after 10:00 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies πŸŒƒ and temperatures around 69 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 7pm. Calm wind. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 36 occurred back in 1975.

On this day in 1972, severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, πŸ’₯ creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160 million in damage.πŸ’¦

Cool and showers the weekend. πŸ˜• Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 46 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 50 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 77 degrees.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Primary Day πŸ—³οΈ when the sun will be setting at 8:42 pm with dusk at 9:18 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1888.

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