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Schoharie County
Camping at Betty Brook a Few Weeks Back
A favorite campsite for sure, although that road down there is kind of rough.
Taken on Sunday September 12, 2021 at Burnt-Rossman State Forest.September 12, 2021 – Looking Ahead This Week
Unstable but mild week ahead 🌦
The coming week looks fairly unsettled but quite mild, but not too hot. Maybe a nice weekend next week? 🏕 But this work week looks a bit stormy, so I will have to take it day by day.
| This Afternoon. Feels like … September 8th. |
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Isolated showers. Mostly cloudy. Southwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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77 degrees | 66 max dew point | 7:11 sunset |
| Tonight. Feels like … August 20th. |
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Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Low around 60. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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60 degrees | 6:36 sunrise |
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| Monday. Feels like … September 14th. |
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A chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Partly sunny. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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75 degrees | 61 max dew point | 7:11 sunset |
| Monday Night. Feels like … September 17th. |
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A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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52 degrees | 6:37 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … September 11th. |
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A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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76 degrees | 65 max dew point | 7:09 sunset |
| Tuesday Night. Feels like … July 15th. |
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
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63 degrees | 65 max dew point | 6:38 sunrise |
| Wednesday. Feels like … August 14th. |
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A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 82. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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82 degrees | 69 max dew point | 7:07 sunset |
| Wednesday Night. Feels like … August 26th. |
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Showers, mainly before 8pm. Low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
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59 degrees | 6:39 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … September 14th. |
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A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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75 degrees | 66 max dew point | 7:05 sunset |
| Thursday Night. Feels like … August 13th. |
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A chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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61 degrees | 65 max dew point | 6:40 sunrise |
| Friday. Feels like … September 1st. |
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A chance of showers. Mostly sunny. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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79 degrees | 67 max dew point | 7:04 sunset |
| Friday Night. Feels like … August 13th. |
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A chance of showers. Partly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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61 degrees | 66 max dew point | 6:41 sunrise |
| Saturday. Feels like … September 5th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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78 degrees | 65 max dew point | 7:02 sunset |
Good Evening – September 12, 2021
Good afternoon! That water in the Mine Kill Pool is so cold. 🏊♀️
It’s just so tough to swim in 60 degrees water. I can do a few laps before my muscles get hardened up from the cold.
Partly cloudy and 77 degrees at the Mine Kill State Park. ⛅ There is a west-southwest breeze at 11 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 am.
Did some nice hiking yesterday. I hiked the Windham Path outside of Windham – a scenic nature trail right outside the village and then did the Catskill Scenic Trail 🚶 – a lightly traveled rail trail between Grand Gorge and Hubbell’s Corners, through the deep gap where there headwaters of the East Branch of the Delaware River run. 🗻 I wasn’t planning to drive through Windham but I ended up going that way as I got gas in Durham and got on the wrong road heading up over the ridge. ⛽
I always forget how big and dramatic the mountains are in the Catskills around Windham ⛰ as I rarely get up this way – and the places with the good camping on backcountry roads tends to be relatively flat. I like the mountains a lot but my feelings about the Catskills and all of New York State are kind of mixed. 💭 I just feel like taxes are so high in New York State 💵 and the state really likes to punish rural communities.
I was hoping to camp at Duck Pond again but that campsite was taken. 🏕 So I ended up camping on Betty Brook. I kind of like that campsite, it’s fully off the grid and is small so it’s easy to light and set up although it’s always a bit of a challenge to get Big Red backed in between the trees. 🌲🌲🛻 It got pretty muddy as I decided to take Red up Burnt Hill Road from Blenheim and that section is kind of rough. Muddy too, Big Red will need a bath 🛀 this week.
Looking Glass Pond was drained, 🎣 so no fishing while I was up there, although there was a dad and their kid working a trap line 🐀 harvesting muskrats along the shore line when I was walking there. 🌽 Got sweet corn and veggies at Shauls and then went for another swim. 🏊♂️ But alas the water 💦 is so cold so it’s hard to swim.
Through The Windows Of My Truck
Reservior View
Lower Falls and Drop Above It
