Lake Pleasant

September 26, 2020 Night

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Good evening! Cloudy and 62 degrees at the Lake Pleasant. ☁️There is a south-southwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 am.

I can’t believe how dark end dreary it got after a nice day. 😕 Clouds just kind of pushed in and it got dark early. The nights are already pretty long but are even longer in this lousy weather. But at least tomorrow should be nicer. A few drops of rain 💧 this evening but nothing major so far.

Today was a nice day with lots of color exploring Watch Hill on Indian Lake and Sawyer Mountain ⛰ which I was less impressed with. I thought about also hiking back to Rock Lake but it was already getting late and sunset is so early this time of year. I think if I did it again I’d either have skipped Sawyer Mountain – which is best enjoyed in the morning hours due to the overlook location – or spent less time at the Indian Lake library uploading photos slowly 🖱️on the very sluggish Wi-Fi that is common in the Adirondacks.

Spent some time laying in the hammock for a while and had a small fire 🔥, listening to podcasts until around 10 pm. Nights are long this time of year so it’s difficult to stay up particularly late. A bunch of loud motorcycles 🏍 came through but after the thunderous rumble they were gone as fast as they came. While no Moose Festival this year in Indian Lake it was packed with motorcyclists when I drove through town.

Tonight will have isolated showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 57 degrees at 3am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 2nd. Maximum dew point of 59 at 8pm. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had patches of fog in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 78% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (159°) at an altitude of 23° from the horizon, some 240,582 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by March 28th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Thursday, October 1. The darkest hour is at 12:50 am, followed by dawn at 6:22 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:51 am in the east (91°) and last for 2 minutes and 56 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:28 am with sun in the east (98°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 4 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 58 seconds over last night.

I think it’s the camp grittle that is attracting mice to my truck cap. When it’s not in the camper there doesn’t seem to be a mouse problem. 🐭 Of course tonight I spilled some rubbing alcohol everywhere and my truck cap smells like a doctor office 🏢 so no mouse would dream of going near my truck cap. 😂 I usually bring it to help clean my hands 👐🏻 especially now with old Coronavirus being such a worry. 👾I doubt the smell 👃🏻 will last for long though. Alcohol is very volatile and evaporates quickly.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers before 9am. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 15th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 4pm. South wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2017.

Not sure what my plans are for tomorrow 🤔, been thinking about parking 🅿 at Sled Harbor 🛷 and hiking back to Pillsbury Lake. I don’t want to have to find a space to park in what is certain to be packed parking lot at the end of Old Military Turnpike. ⚔

In four weeks on October 24 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (254°) at 5:59 pm,🌄 which is 47 minutes and 28 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 68 and 35 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 57 and 37 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 3 weeks, Halloween 🦇 and the Blue Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 2 months, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 9 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 10 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 3 months, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 15 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 17 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 4 months, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 19 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 21 weeks, and Snow Moon 🌕 is in 22 weeks.

Orchard Road

August 27, 2016 Evening

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Good afternoon! Partly sunny and 79 degrees in Speculator Beach. There is a south breeze at 5 mph. The dew point is 59 degrees.

Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a low of 59 degrees at 4am. Two degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7pm. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1982. The sun will set at 7:39 pm with dusk around 8:09 pm, which is 1 minutes and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. Waning Crescent Moon tonight with 29% illuminated. The moon will rise around 2:23 am. The New Moon is on Thursday at 9:03 am with partly cloudy skies expected. The Full “Corn” Moon is in 3 weeks.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 2pm. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 98 was set in 1948.

In four weeks on September 24 the sun will be setting at 6:49 pm, which is 50 minutes earlier then today. The average high is 69 degrees, and the record for that date is 87 degrees was set back in 1961. Autumn will be here before you know it. 

Sitting on the shore of Lake Pleasant  listening to Cat Steven’s Tea for Tillerman. I was swimming but came out when the sun dipped under a cloud. 

I’m under impressed by the Speculator Beach. It’s just very shallow and while sandy isn’t that much fun. No life guards so you got to keep an eye out for people yelling at you. Not that it’s stopping anyone and nobody has come by yet to yell at us. Lifeguards are probably back at college. At least the beach is sandy. In some ways I wish I had just gone down to Mine Kill State Park. I know they’re open until September 6th. Maybe next weekend for the long weekend. 

I’m kind of bored with Moose River Plains for the holiday weekends. Been thinking of wilderness tent camping in the Northern Catskills next week. Then I don’t have to find an established campsite. Not really backpacking but camping back in the woods  Just 150 ft back in the woods, haul back a table and gear and the establish my own temporary leave no trace campsite. I think it would be fun to take a piece of wilderness and totally make it mine for the weekend, then fully restore it after I leave. Depends on the weather and my work schedule. 

I’ve gotten really bored with always camping in the same place, and increasingly are looking for new adventures. But it gets difficult as there are only so many choices nearby. I got to come up with new ideas. 

It was a pretty nice quiet evening. Bar the hunting camp up the road, where they are always shooting guns, lighting off fireworks, driving quads and cutting down trees like all good Americans. They have their land and do there own thing. I still like my little campsite on Pumpkin Hollow Road. 

Pumpkin Hollow Road wasn’t too much of a drive but I stopped at Stewart’s to buy some wood as I wasn’t sure if I could beat darkness. I did People think it’s silly and expensive to buy kiln-dried wood in a burnable plastic bag but the truth is its convenient, always burns well and can be legally brought across state lines or more than 50 miles. I’ve never been stopped by a forest ranger and had my wood checked but you never know. Usually I camp in remote places where nobody bothers me. I didn’t burn it this weekend but I’ll keep it in my truck for next week. Or maybe if I wilderness camp next week, I’ll save it  for the fall. 

Paddling the Kunjamunk Bay down from Lake Pleasant was very scenic. It was pretty shallow, so I didn’t do any fishing, despite bringing my rod. Maybe tomorrow on Lake Algonquin near the dam. 

Managed to misplace my sunscreen, so I fully expect to be somewhat burnt and crispy tomorrow. I didn’t realize it was gone until I was out a while on the water. It must be somewhere in my truck. I will recover and hopefully won’t get skin cancer next week. 

Propane splitter plastic ring developed a crack but isn’t leaking. I’m going to have to replace that, especially before hunting season and camping in those long dark nights. 

November 29, 2015 morning

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Good morning. Currently 12 degrees and clear this morning. Later the temperature will triple to 36 degrees and sunny. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Cold night last night but not quite as cold as tonight which will be down around 11 degrees in the Adirondacks. Sunny today though, and I will shortly be getting up to make coffee and make the most of the day.