I went for a nice little walk this evening, heading out on the Albany County Rail Trail to Tygert Road and back on foot.

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I went for a nice little walk this evening, heading out on the Albany County Rail Trail to Tygert Road and back on foot. I’ve been trying to do more walking lately, as I need to get in better shape, as when I was stuck running the office in North Syracuse I spent too many hours in front of a desk. I did way too much motoring when I was out in North Syracuse, I really enjoy hoofing it around town, seeing more from the sidewalk then from the wheel of an automobile.

It was a pretty hike but it makes me crave being in the wilderness or out in the back country. Some of those farm field scenes with the background of the Heldebergs really stir my soul. Still a bunch of corn standing there, drying out before harvest. I was hoping to get down and see more of Allegany County, Cattaraugus County and more of deep rural New York. It’s beautiful country out there. I’ve spent some time down there in years past but then lake effect snow, work and other constraints got in the way.

I seriously thought about going up to the Adirondacks this weekend but honestly I thought it would be a long trip, dragging a lot of gear back to the campsite only to take down tomorrow as I have to be back to work on Tuesday, and the fact they’re predicting snow on Tuesday up north. I do regret not going up there with the beautiful evening, although it still would have been a pain pitching a tent and doing a lot of shoveling of snow for one night at camp. My work boots leak so my feet would probably be wet… I have my hunting boots but I won’t wear them lest I get them all smokey or much less burnt on the tips like I usually end up doing with my work boots.

Regardless, it was a good day.

Verrazano Narrows from Coney Island Creek

November 11, 2018 Morning

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Good morning! Veterans Day (Sunday, November 11th) 🇺🇸. Three weeks to First Sunday of Advent ✝️. Partly cloudy and 36 degrees in Delmar. ❄ There is a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Fifty more days left in the year. Not a lot. 🎇

Today, Veterans Day will have a slight chance of snow showers before 9am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 40 degrees at 1pm. 10 degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around December 4th. West wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2002. 3 inches of snow fell back in 1906.❄

I thought about heading up north to camp but honestly it’s a long drive for just one night and I’m not a real fan of camping in the snow. ⛺There isn’t a ton of snow along the East Branch but it’s still a fairly cold day for mid November. It’s not expected to get above freezing up north. I figure we might get a thaw before winter really sets in.

I kind of get tired of driving up NY 30 all the time too – it seems like am always heading up that way. Most of the firewood is likely buried under the snow and the campsite is like to camp in probably has too much snow to drive back too. So I’d have to drag things back and shovel out a parking spot. Plus it’s cheaper to just stay home. I might instead go for a walk down the rail trail and then go to the store for more supplies and maybe stop at the library for my internet fix. 💻

The sun will set at 4:36 pm with dusk around 5:06 pm, which is one minute and 2 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 39 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 53 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 17 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around December 5th. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2017, we had mostly clear skies with more clouds in the early hours of the next day. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of 15 occurred back in 1976.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until First Sunday of Advent ✝️ when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm. On that day in 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 41 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1998.

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