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.
April showers bring flowers or at least mud. I guess it depends how many pigs and cows you have to tear up the landscape, although certainly hikers can do the same on the trails. I was actually surprised how dry and not-muddy Five Rivers was when I was walking. Often in the spring it can be one big slop bucket, but it was actually relatively dry yesterday. Monday might be decent, although who knows when I’ll get out of jail — I mean work on Monday. Even when I have the office with a fancy brass lamp, I don’t get decide when I get to go home. Seven thirty sunset come Friday, which is nice.
Today. Feels like … March 17th.
Rain.
East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
and
45 degrees
,
7:24 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … April 9th.
Rain showers likely before midnight, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy.
Northwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
and
34 degrees
,
6:30 sunrise.
Monday. Feels like … March 30th.
Partly sunny.
Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
and
51 degrees
,
7:26 sunset.
Monday Night. Feels like … April 11th.
Mostly cloudy.
West wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.
and
35 degrees
,
6:28 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … April 11th.
Partly sunny.
Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning.
and
57 degrees
,
7:27 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … April 24th.
A chance of rain, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
40 degrees
,
6:27 sunrise.
Wednesday. Feels like … April 4th.
Rain likely, mainly between 8am and 2pm. Cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 70%.
and
53 degrees
,
7:28 sunset.
Wednesday Night. Feels like … April 29th.
A chance of rain. Cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
and
42 degrees
,
6:25 sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like … April 4th.
Rain. High near 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
and
53 degrees
,
7:29 sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like … April 29th.
Rain before midnight, then showers likely, mainly between midnight and 2am. Low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
I mean back when they played the record on the radio, they used to the sun ain’t going to shine anymore. That said, usually when the sun shines it’s cold as mother, though yesterday wasn’t that cold. Accentuate the positive says the motivational poster you walk by and sometimes want to punch to break the glass, until you realize it’s just protected by a thin sheet of plexiglass that probably won’t break.
Cloudy, dreary and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Showers around today. Hey, yesterday had more sun. And by the evening was pretty decently nice. So no complaining allowed. Snow later? Maybe in the hilltowns. As they say, April snow showers bring mud and more mud.
Yesterday, I went out to Five Rivers in the evening 🐸 and then went to out for a walk along Meads Road. A pretty typical weekend, and by the time I got out to Five Rivers around 5 PM the crowds and children were gone. Walked around Five Rivers for a while, sat down by the creek, listened to the spring peepers. I was surprised to see a Great Blue Heron there, they aren’t that common at Five Rivers compared to like along the Hudson River or the larger ponds at Partridge Run. 🐻 Saw a ground hawg, aka a woodchuck sunning, and tons of red-wing blackbirds that were so loud and abundent they were almost obnoxious.
