Maybe I need to invest in a better seat for my bike after riding the sometimes rough Catskill Scenic Trail which gets progressively rougher the farther east you get on it. Plus Betty Brook Road isn’t just rough in the truck it’s pretty bad on one’s mountain bike too.

Good afternoon! Mostly sunny ☀ and 78 degrees at the Middleburgh. Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees.

Today to be easy on my butt I’m going to ride on NY 30, 🚲 poke around Middleburgh and farm stands, maybe hike Vromans Nose 👃 and then hit up Mine Kill Pool 🏊‍♂️ before heading back to camp. ⛺ What can I say I’m butt hurt. I really need to think about getting a softer seat with memory foam. The current seat isn’t bad on black top but on the gravel it hurts after a while.

This afternoon will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 5pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 3rd. Maximum dew point of 58 at 12pm. Calm wind. Warmer than yesterday. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 97 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1955.

Warmer today hopefully better at the Mine Kill Pool. 🏊‍♂️ Should be quiet there as no festival today. But first I have to get moving. I’m moving slowly it’s hot outside but also so nice lying back on the hammock. I am almost tempted to stay here all day but I also want to ride, stock up at the farm stands and swim. 🌽 I’m out in Schoharie for a reason, not just to lay around all afternoon.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:05 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.5° from the due south horizon (-3.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:47 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (299°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:28 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 18 seconds with dusk around 9:00 pm, which is 53 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the west-southwest (240°) at an altitude of 25° from the horizon, 247,052 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:43 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 49 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 60 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 20th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8pm. Calm wind. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1985.

On this day in 1967, today was the start of 12th Street Riot In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. 🔥 🚨 🤜 It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings. Nothing like the 2020 disorder and the crap played up by conservatives, though I still like Jason Aldean.

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 7:18 pm with dusk at 7:45 pm. On that day in 2022, we had mostly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 83 and 56 degrees. Going to make the morning walk dark again. Evenings too! Better for getting to bed early though. 🛏 Typically, the high temperature is 77 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1931.