Jessup River Wild Forest

The Jessup River Wild Forest (JRWF) area consists of 47,350 acres of State Forest Preserve lands in the towns of Arietta, Indian Lake, Lake Pleasant, and Wells in Hamilton County. The unit is bounded by Route 28 to the north and Route 30 in the southeast, as well as three wilderness areas: West Canada Lakes Wilderness to the west; Siamese Ponds Wilderness to the east, and Silver Lake Wilderness to the south. The state lands in this unit border, or are in close proximity to, the communities of Indian Lake, Piseco, Speculator and Wells. Route 30 bisects the unit and serves as the main access corridor. Many people enjoy hiking to the fire towers on Pillsbury and Snowy mountains, snowmobiling between Piseco Lake and Indian Lake, canoeing on Fall Stream, or camping on Mason Lake. Hunting, fishing, and trapping are also popular activities throughout the unit but particularly in and around Perkins Clearing, the Jessup River and the Miami River.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/22599.html

Walked a bit around the Lewey Lake Campground

Walked a bit around the Lewey Lake Campground. Not my cup of tea but I guess city folk like the packed in way of camping. I much prefer the wild and more free wilderness camping. I don’t need no government minder to hold my hand. The quarter mile distance between sites in the wilderness is nice – no quiet hours, no restrictions on guns, you have your privacy.

After an hour and half meeting with John Wolcott on the Zoom on the phone while using my phone also as a hotspot with a relatively low battery, my phone is just warm from working so hard

After an hour and half meeting with John Wolcott on the Zoom on the phone while using my phone also as a hotspot with a relatively low battery, my phone is just warm from working so hard. But it worked fine.

September 29, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Five weeks to Election Day 🗳️ . The passing gear of the week. ⚙ Totally unnecessary if you want to burn herculean amounts of fuel like with the power glide. ⛽ Mostly cloudy and 67 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 1 pm.

Less humid and pleasant this morning. 😰 It was kind of muggy yesterday but much cooler and nicer for my morning walk 🚶🏻. We ate expected to get much needed rain ☔ this afternoon. I can see it pushing in from the west. My boots 👢 are getting pretty worn out and I should think about replacing them soon.

Today will have showers likely, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 74 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 12th. Maximum dew point of 68 at 2pm. South wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1921.

Today after the morning rush I’m heading downtown for my Tuesday meetings. 💼 Yeah, I got to shave and look a little less like a dirty hick for a few hours. 🚿At least I have a comfortable Jackson mask to wear. 😷 I’m not going to John Wolcott house after work today, 👀 as he is having eye surgery or at least his pupils dilated and while I can use Google Translate 🔠, I doesn’t work well on Old Dutch hand writing. My Dutch is getting better but ain’t fluent at reading it. 📜 At any rate, I better bring a rain coat going downtown. 🧥

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:46 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-26.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:04 pm with the sun in the west (261°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (267°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:41 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:07 pm, which is one minute and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east-southeast (113°) at an altitude of 9° from the horizon, 248,385 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:42 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 70 degrees. The dew point will be 65 degrees. There will be a south-southwest breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday. We are loosing daylight quickly now.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers between 10pm and 11pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 Low of 59 degrees at 6am. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 2nd. Maximum dew point of 66 at 7pm. 🏖️ South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible. Good. We need it. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1991.

I heard that tonight is going to be the Presidential debate 🎤 🧓🏻 between the old geezers, and they are going to broadcast it on WAMC so I made sure my transistor radio 📻 was fully charged so I can listen to it 🎧 until I get really bored and watch a video of some dairyman chopping corn for silage 🌽.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 6 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees.

Not sure what my weekend plans are going to be 🏡 but I’ll probably stay in town. Or just do a day trip somewhere. Next weekend is Columbus Day Weekend 🍂 so I want to avoid the crowds but maybe the next weekend I will head out to Madison County. 🐮 ⛺

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until we decide between a Trumpster and a Biden this Time ❎ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

Roadwork Next 12 Miles Does It Ever Stop

September 28, 2020 Afternoon

Good afternoon! Party sunny and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 3 pm. With the rain and dampness, it’s increadibly muggy and unpleasant, so I’m not minding being back home although I thought about camping one more night up north and working from the library up there.

This afternoon will be scattered showers, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 75 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 67 at 12pm. South wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 2014.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:47 pm with sun having an altitude of 45.1° from the due south horizon (-25.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:06 pm with the sun in the west (261°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (268°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:43 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:09 pm, which is one minute and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (124°) at an altitude of 13° from the horizon, 246,057 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:44 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 65 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 51 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 63 degrees at 4am. 17 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 65 at 6pm. South wind around 10 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 51 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 2000.

Another beautiful fall weekend coming up, but somewhat cool. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees. Not sure what my plans are for the weekend, but I am still going to evaluate it. I want to do a Central NY trip, but I’m not sure I’m in a rush to get out camping this weekend. But who knows if the weather is nice.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Columbus Day ⛵ when the sun will be setting at 6:17 pm with dusk at 6:45 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny skies and temperatures between 66 and 44 degrees. It was nice in Pennsylvania that day, but a bit cloudier. Typically, the high temperature is 61 degrees. We hit a record high of 85 back in 1954.

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September 27, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy More Night then Day 🌌! Dreary start to the darker part of the year with the skies cloudy and gray but it’s supposed to clear later. Next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆. Even darker come October. I better work to get that lantern 🏮 up to full brightness again. It was good until it plugged with carbon again Cloudy with a few drops of rain and 59 degrees at the Lake Pleasant. 🌧️ There is a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear around noontime.

The leaves have gotten really colorful around camp 🍂and are really starting to fall. With the rain and inevitable wind over the next few days I’m sure most of them will be gone by next weekend although that’s not at all surprising for the Adirondacks. I’m actually a bit surprised at the reports of good color in the Catskills at this point, usually that’s a bit later around Columbus Day Weekend ⛵.

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ⛅, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9am. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2017.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:49 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-25.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:09 pm with the sun in the west (262°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (268°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:47 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 7:13 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (136°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, 243,384 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 56 seconds over yesterday.

I am thinking about hiking Pillsbury Mountain today or going back to Pillsbury Lake ⛰️ but I’m afraid that the firetower will be crowded and no parking up there. I might park at Sled Harbor 🅿 and walk from there – the dreary weather might decrease the popularity. The thing is that I don’t know that many very scenic hikes around here that aren’t really popular that I haven’t done a million times before. 👪 I just spend a lot of time up here because I have decent cellphone and internet access in this area for work.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 26th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Thursday is October 1st so after that I can camp ⛺ at Stoney Pond in Nelson without a camping permit. 🎫 I am thinking about a fall trip out to Central NY and I could do Zoom Meetings from either the Cazenovia or Hamilton libraries.💻 I don’t want to go out there Columbus Day Weekend but if I go too late in October it will be bow season 🏹 and I want to have the woods largely to myself to small game hunt. 🔫 I also might do some fishing 🎣 at Nelson Swamp off the bridge. Maybe three nights at Stoney Pond and a few at Cherry Ridge 🍒 in Brookfield.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:32 pm with dusk at 7:01 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 59 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1891.

 Dredging The Lake