We didn’t get the big wash out that I expected last night. I probably could have done two nights at Rennselearville State Forest but I’m up and going, hoping to get out before the driveway gets full of construction vehicles and equipment as they continue to completely gut the next door apartment.

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Weekdays fly by these days being so busy at work. Cloudy and 47 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 3 am. ☃️

Don’t have a lot of things to pack 🎒 but I do need to swing by Glenmont to get propane and then I’ll head out here via Medusa to avoid all the small town speed traps. 🚨 Not sure if it’s actually faster to go that way but I want to look at some land on the way out there and observe houses and the way people live rural locally. 🏡

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ☁👉 ☀ , with a high of 61 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 19th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 6am. South wind 6 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1941. 5.8 inches of snow fell back in 1947.❄

I was a bit on the fence today about heading out camping 🏕 but I decided with the landlord working on my building 🚧 and that by afternoon it looks half decent to do a quick overnight to Rennselearville State Forest and then go to Huyck Preserve on Sunday followed by a visit to my parents. 📙 I have several e Books to read 📚 and it would be nice to ride some of the roads especially after noon time when the youth hunt is done for the day. Plus I think it will be damp enough to have a small fire 🔥 under the moon lit skies. 🎑

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:55 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.1° from the due south horizon (-11.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:05 pm with the sun in the west (281°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (287°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:44 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 2 seconds with dusk around 8:13 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (127°) at an altitude of 36° from the horizon, 252,189 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 49 degrees. Breezy, 17 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest. Today will have 13 hours and 41 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Should be a great day once I get camp set up in Rennselearville. ☺ I figure get set up early 🦃 and then head out hiking and biking after noon time when youth spring turkey closes for the day. Just kind of check out the scenery and keep my eyes 👀 open for gobblers, they might actually like it with all the recent timber cuts 🪵up here lately.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 9th. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph. A bit of a chilly night for the second half of April but then again this has been a cooler April in general. In 2023, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1875. Almost a full 🌕 moon so it should be a nice evening, listening to the spring peepers 🐸 assuming the breeze ain’t too cold.

Looking ahead, next Saturday is Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:52 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy, patches of fog and temperatures between 62 and 40 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.