Delmar is a hamlet in the Town of Bethlehem, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Albany. The community is bisected by NY Route 443 (Delaware Avenue), a major thoroughfare, main street, and route to Albany.
A census-designated place (CDP) has been established since 1980 by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating the population of what the census has defined as the boundaries of the urbanized area in and around Delmar. The population was 8,292 at the 2000 census, but it was not included as a CDP in the 2010 census.
In 2005, CNN/Money Magazine named the Delmar ZIP Code (an area larger than the Delmar hamlet or CDP) as one of the “Best Places to Live” in America, rating it the 22nd best place to live among what it called “Great American Towns.
Good evening on this May Day. 45 degrees and light rain this evening back in Delmar. It was a nice trip out to the Finger Lakes despite weather that felt more like winter than summer. Hector Backbone and the Finger Lakes National Forest doesn’t see spring until late, and this year it seems like spring is moving slower than usual. I think it was the most cold and miserable weather I’ve ever experienced camping but I still had fun and did a lot of hiking, fishing and camping.
Dropping down to 42 later with a 30% chance of showers. Rain is likely tomorrow with a high only around 55 degrees which is ten degrees below normal. The cool, gray, and wet weather that dominated last week is expected to continue for most of next week. The rain will dampen down the fire risk and hopefully finally green things up. Warmer weather for the second half of the week into the weekend with seasonable or slightly above average temperatures but continued cloudiness with a chance of rain.
Need to come up with some new content for the blog. I downloaded some census data, next I need to turn it into some maps and graphs. We will see when I have time. Not tonight though as I’m dead tired.
My gear is unpacked from camping and my wash is done and put away. Camping gear is back in the attic. Vacuumed the floors. Ready for the next week. Tired so I’m off to bed. Good night.
Good morning. Rain and 40 degrees today. The heaviest rain starting around 10 AM, so be prepared. The rain will tapper off in the afternoon, then partly cloudy skies tonight with a low around 33. Sunny skies tomorrow with a high around 58.
I have a little more packing to do, then I’m off. Have a great day!
53 degrees. I can assure you that the much needed rain is coming. Not here yet but soon. I’m pretty much packed except for food and personal care products for the camping trip. Planning to leave work at 3 pm so I can set up camp before dusk. Low tonight around 42 degrees. Cool and rainy tomorrow with a high that will struggle to reach 44. I think I will be glad I have the Big Buddy Heater come tomorrow along with nice kiln dry firewood that I’ll buy at Stewart’s.
Dawn is at 5:24 AM and sunrise is at 5:57 AM under what looks to be a nice wet day. But we need the rain. Depending on the forecast you look at the rest of the week either looks quite nice or showery. Regardless I’m prepared. Good night.
Good evening. 57 degrees and cloudy this evening. Not exactly a delightful spring evening. But we are getting a half inch of much needed rain tonight into tomorrow. So it’s hard to complain.
Almost no traffic heading out of the city because school is not session this week. I’m hoping to get an early start out of work tomorrow so I can get to camp before dark. I don’t mind setting up in the dark as much as I hate driving after dark.
My priorities tonight are the Young Democrats meeting, finish packing clothes and get the kayak on the roof of my truck. I want to try to be to work on time tomorrow, so I can leave as early as possible to avoid driving after dark.
Sunset tonight is at 7:50 pm and dusk at 8:21. It will be about ten minutes later tomorrow after I head west. I am looking forward, it should be a nice trip. Five weeks until Memorial Day.
Happy Arbor Day. 49 degrees and cloudy. I like trees. They are warm when you burn them for heat and make for some nice campfires. Plus they absorb a fair bit of carbon produced by burning said trees.
I picked up my dry cleaning and made the express bus downtown although I may have briefly exceeded the speed limit on the bypass to make it. Normally I don’t drive down to the bus stop but with picking up the dry cleaning I already had the truck out and running. Even though the axle ratio is high on my truck it still kicks down pretty good with the six speed when you ask it to.
Construction continues on the 787 with some stop and go traffic. I don’t care, I’m not driving. I would avoid it though if I were you.
Sixty degrees later with rain coming in at some point. I actually saw some sprinkles on my windshield this morning. Hopefully the rain will hold off this evening when I put the kayak on the roof of my truck.
Today in 1901, New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. Back in the horse and buggy days they weren’t required. Apparently horse back riders weren’t fleeing the scenes of fatal crashes as much.
Back in 1954, the first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories. I think there is a strong future in solid state electricity generation once we figure out how to fully integrate it into our society.
The next bus stop is mine. Have a great Arbor Day.
Good morning. I’m glad I replaced the worn out windshield wiper on my truck, it’s most likely going to rain at least tomorrow morning. Rain gives up the ghost for Tuesday afternoon. Cloudy and 49 degrees now with temperatures getting up to 65 degrees later. Rain comes in late tonight or most likely, early tomorrow.
Don’t have time to procrastinate this morning. I got to get to the dry cleaners. Have a great day.
Good evening. While the evening started fairly clear the clouds are creeping in and temperatures around 52. Monday is definitely going to be a cloudy one. Rain comes for Tuesday, maybe a half inch or maybe a bit more. We could certainly use it.
Definitely starting to green up in Delmar and most certainly in the city. Tuesday’s rain will help. Tonight is going to be cool at 36 degrees, but at least in the lower elevations we aren’t looking at frost. Tomorrow look for 60 degrees and cloudy with rain late. It looks like the best chance for rain at this point is Tuesday before dawn through midday.
I definitely want rain to reduce the fire risk. While I’m always careful with fire and will keep it in the ring, you can’t be too careful these days. We have fallen behind somewhat in rain, and while small campfires aren’t banned unlike brush burning, common sense has to prevail. I am bringing the Big Buddy heater, so I can use that to stay warm in the evening but I would prefer a good fire.
It looks like the rain will be mostly if not entirely gone for the first night of my trip. I have the tarp but I don’t expect to use it the first night. I’m going to buy firewood so I’m not worried about the woods being wet. I want to leave work on Tuesday at 2 pm, but I know that ain’t that realistic. I do hope to leave before 5 but I don’t know.
I am going to pack a lot of the clothes I will need tonight and have the kayak on the roof of the truck tomorrow night. Then it’s just that perishable and personal care items to pack for Tuesday morning. I’ll stop at Stewart’s on the way out to buy Night Crawlers and kiln dried wood. I have lighter fluid and will bring paper to get the fire started. I should be to camp by dusk and I’ll have my lights to get set up. I’ll set up the camp stove and coffee pot for morning, so I’ll have coffee ready bright and early for Wednesday at camp.
It’s a bit difficult sorting clothes under the red light in my bedroom. They all look strange. Very little color recognition. But I’m avoiding using white light bulbs that can throw off sleep. I’ve started to draw my curtains at night to keep the blue LED or high intensity discharge lighting from the gas station down the way out of view. I think I’m going to eventually swap out one of the lights in the overhead fixture in the bathroom with a red bulb and put the white bulb in the empty socket on the mirror so I have red light for night time bathroom use but good bright white light for shaving in the morning. The light in the shower might be a little red but I don’t care. As long as I don’t trip and have adequate light, I don’t care if things are a bit red. Red light is so much easier on the eyes at night. I swear by it.
Speaking of light bulbs, I bought a new 3 watt LED light to light up the flag. Hopefully it will be bright enough to do its job and be easier on the battery when camping. The 7 watt bulb I currently use still works but I figured why not try some more up to date technology that will help the battery last longer and provide some more direct light. It was only like $5.
I’m off to bed. Good night. Dawn tomorrow is at 5:26 and sunrise at 5:57 am.
