Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is World Mosquito Day 🐞. Sunny and 78 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 61 degrees.

I can’t believe it’s already Thursday. That said, I’ve been taking it easy this week just enjoying my vacation 🏖 and not trying to rush and see as many places as possible 🐇 in my limited time. I’ve made the decision to camp at the same site all week – which in some ways makes the time go by faster. But I’m happy 😊 with my choices and relaxed. And I sure like no cell service here. 🔕

This morning started out cloudy and gray ☁️ but as the sun rose the clouds started to part. The air was very still and would have been perfect 👌🏻 for kayaking 🛶 on Seneca Lake but I figured by the time I got out there the air would heat up, a breeze would develop and the lake get choppy. With such big lakes, while oriented north and south helps, it doesn’t take much breeze 🍃to get choppy.

I am quite unhappy 😒 that I forgot to get coffee yesterday. ☕ I actually looked at buying coffee at Tops on Monday but decided against it when I saw the price. Plus they only had the smaller coffee tins, 🥫 I prefer the bigger ones that I can reuse ♻ for storing camp ice rather than becoming garbage right away 🗑 once the coffee is used up.

I am thinking today of hiking part of the Dresden – Penn Yann rail trail. 🚂 Never been to Kueka Lake or that part of the Finger Lakes but I’m told it is beautiful. Might stop at Watkins Glen for a swim in the evening but no kayaking today as I didn’t want to have to carry it around all day and I wanted the solar power. ☀ Undecided about Friday but I think Saturday I’ll hike back down to Caywood Point with a fishing pole 🎣 and bathing suit. 🕶️

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 11am. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became thunderstorm by afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1947.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:13 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.9° from the due south horizon (-8.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:34 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (284°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (291°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:13 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 8:42 pm, which is one minute and 26 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:21 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a north-northeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 58 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. North wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1941.

On this day in 1969, The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City That evening, 🚀 at a state dinner in Los Angeles,🎑 they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom🎖️by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Light southeast wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6am. Sunday, a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 7:26 pm with dusk at 7:54 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1931.