Five Rivers Environmental Education Center is a living museum comprising over 450 acres of broad fields, towering forests, and tranquil wetlands. Five Rivers offers people of all ages a rich variety of guided and self-guided opportunities to encounter nature directly. Stimulating interpretive programs and guided school lessons promote awareness, knowledge and appreciation of New York State’s environment year ’round. With over 10 miles of trails for self-guided exploration, Five Rivers fosters discovery, spiritual refreshment and physical fitness through wholesome outdoor recreation.
Hello again. Walked out to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center from home. A nice 2.3 mile walk, a bit with some narrow shoulders in part of NY 443. Not a terrible day but could be a bit warmer.
With the mornings sun, the birds are chirping and flying around. However, it is starting to cloud up and I would say it’s mostly cloudy and around 29 degrees with a 9 mph nnorth-northwest wind. Not too bad when you’re walking.
There is a thin skim of ice on the ponds up here, but it’s rapidly disappearing, especially with the warm and mild temperatures expected over the next few days. Tons of birds and wildlife are out, and I saw a squirrels running up and down the trees.
Good evening. Currently overcast and 37 degrees in Delmar. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 6 to 13 mph. Mild temperatures for sure but the breeze will keep it from feeling too warm.
Tonight we will have a Waining Gibbous Moon with 53% illuminated. It will rise at 11:40 pm. Even if your up late it may be difficult to see with the clouds. Tomorrow’s sunrise will be at 7:10 am with first light at 6:40 am, which is 2 minutes earlier then today. Certainly come Monday, it will make getting up easier assuming it’s not gray and cloudy out like most mornings.
Tonight I went to Five Rivers for a walk and to watch the sunset, although by the time I got there the sun was pretty much behind the Heldeberg Mountains. So be it. It’s my fault for not getting an earlier start.
Picked up some groceries, cranked out some more maps. Some are new, others are updated versions of old ones. Went for my evening walk. And now I’m off to bed.
Monday I’m calling Time Warner Cable and Verizon to tell them I don’t own a television and I don’t want home Internet. They got to stop mailing me. I get at least one glossy card a day from both of them. For eight freaking years. It’s annoying and such a waste of paper.
Maybe it’s because I grew up without a television set, I have zero interest in those kinds of services. Especially now with 3G Smartphone, I can’t imagine why I would need such a service. I get email, social media, and other services in my phone. When I need something data intensive I can walk or drive to the public library. Even if eventually when I move out of the city to an off-grid cabin, I will still be able to stop by a library after work for data intensive tasks.
I just don’t really understand the appeal of those big television sets. It’s just so many bright and flashing commercial crap. I’d rather be in the woods or doing other things besides being stuck in front of a screen. Sure, I like coding and map making, especially in the winter months but I don’t really need the Internet for that.
I do have a 23″ monitor I bought for $150 a few years back. Its great for mapping and coding. Map making is better on the big screen. The few times I’ve brought it along with me traveling for work websites do look nice on it. I guess I could buy an inexpensive HDTV adapter and get over the air television, but I really don’t want that in my home.
Just please, stop sending me those television ads.
