John Boyd Thacher State Park, is situated along the Helderberg Escarpment, one of the richest fossil-bearing formations in the world. Even as it safeguards six miles of limestone cliff-face, rock-strewn slopes, woodland and open fields, the park provides a marvelous panorama of the Hudson-Mohawk Valleys and the Adirondack and Green Mountains. The park has volleyball courts, playgrounds, ball fields and numerous picnic areas with nine reservable shelters. Interpretive programs are offered year-round, including guided tours of the famous Indian Ladder Trail. There are over 25 additional miles of trails for summer hiking and mountain biking, and winter cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, and snowmobiling.
Good morning! What day is it? The Day after Primary Day, of course. 🗳
Not as much of a shit show as one could have feared. Four months from now, who knows. Depends on gas prices.
Mostly sunny and 63 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. 🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 56 degrees.
This morning I didn’t do good, 🚶 struggling a lot to get going. Maybe I was studying the election results or day dreaming about where I should go this weekend or stay home. 🏡 I think I’ll manage to get my steps in today but I won’t be way over like some days. Tomorrow who knows.
Yesterday was another 20,000 step, 10 mile day. 👣 Why do many steps? Well a lot of it is the game I play with the step counter on my phone 📱 but I also like getting out and seeing things on foot while the weather isn’t too ungodly hot or cold. I figure if I’m pushing forty and trashing my body every other way possible I should at least do some walking. See a lot on foot.
Whitespoted Pine Sawyers look a lot like the Asian Longhorned Beetle. Fortunately the ALB isn’t common yet Upstate. That said, the presence of Pine Sawyers suggest that the pines aren’t exactly thriving either.
Everywhere you look there are threats to forest health but then again that’s not surprising as ecology is an always evolving process with species coming and going. Some changes good, some bad, at least from the human perspective.
Seems to always be the case when I want to head out of town. I admit that I am kind of undecided about this weekend, I could just do the Nature Bus 🚍 out to Thacher Park 🏞. Or maybe Schoharie if I can get that Betty Brook campsite but that might hard with the holiday weekend.
Today. Feels like …
June 8th.
Mostly sunny.
Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
and
77 degrees
,52 max dew point,
8:38
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like …
June 1st.
Mostly clear.
West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
and
53 degrees
,
5:18
sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like …
June 27th.
Mostly sunny.
Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
and
82 degrees
,55 max dew point,
8:38
sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like …
June 18th.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 1am. Partly cloudy.
West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
58 degrees
,
5:19
sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like …
July 15th.
Sunny.
West wind 5 to 8 mph.
and
84 degrees
,58 max dew point,
8:38
sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like …
July 15th.
Partly cloudy.
and
63 degrees
,57 max dew point,
5:19
sunrise.
Friday. Hot !
Mostly sunny and hot.
and
92 degrees
,60 max dew point,
8:38
sunset.
Friday Night. Hot !
A chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
and
66 degrees
,63 max dew point,
5:20
sunrise.
Saturday. Feels like …
June 23rd.
Showers likely.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
and
81 degrees
,66 max dew point,
8:38
sunset.
Saturday Night. Feels like …
June 22nd.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Partly cloudy.
At least for thosedistricts that the special master-baiter in the Bath didn’t wreck yet. Of course, is it still primary day if you early voted as I already did some time last week?
Mostly sunny and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☀ There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 51 degrees.
The sun ☀ is shining and it’s a pleasant morning out for the walk walk 🚶 a little before 6:30. Not too hot yet although in the sun you can feel it warming up like most late June days. Not a real hot day, heading up to 77 degrees later.
Yesterday went down to the park 🏞 and read 📖 for a while until dusk. 18,900 steps yesterday 👣, today marks 25 days of getting my steps in for the day. That step counting app is a good kick in the ass to get moving. My boots 👢 I got in West Virginia are pretty worn at this point and need replacing. I want to try and get another week out of them before the holiday weekend.
I was thinking about going up to Peebles Island after work today, 🏝 but I decided I would wait until next week. I might end up needing to the store to get groceries, 🏪 as I was realizing this morning I had less in my pantry then I had expected. So my trip might be to the store. I was a bit hesitant to go to store tonight, because I wanted to have a better idea on what my weekend plans were going to be first, but so be it. I can always make another trip to the store later in the week. Gas isn’t that expensive, though it is. ⛽
I keep seeing those eco ads 🌎 that are supposed to make you feel guilty about your carbon footprint and buy stuff. I like trolling them. The thing is that I drive a big jacked up truck 🛻, burn my garbage 🔥 with one trip a year to recycle cans and glass ♻ , use Styrofoam plates at camp 🍽️ and don’t buy a lot of shit. 👜 Biodegradable trash bags are dumb if you don’t use many and you end up burning them with the rest of the burnable crap. Eventually I plan to use feed sacks and reuse them as many times as possible before sending them up in smoke – and butcher my own livestock 🔪 🐮 not wrapped in plastic. 🗑 Now that’s green. 🥗
Been looking at replacing the battery on my laptop. 🔋 The last battery I got from EBay or Amazon — I don’t remember lasted about a year and a half before going bad. Now it’s no it holds no charge whatsoever. I might end up just getting another inexpensive battery, as my laptop is kind of on it’s last legs and I want to get whatever life I can get out of it 👨💻 before having to throw it away and replace it. I tend to wear out and break my computers before they need upgrading.
I was looking at the CDTA Blue Line 923 and was thinking it might be fun to one night take it up to Waterford and walk around Peebles Island State Park in the evening, while there is still a lot of light left in the evenings. Would only cost $1.30 with my bus pass over the normal daily fare, and would be a chance to get up there without spending a lot on gas for my big jacked up truck.
