Aunt Sarah’s Falls
Not a ton of water coming over Aunt Sarah Falls
Weather Update – July 30, 2022
The week ahead … π
This Afternoon. Feels like … August 14th. |
Mostly sunny. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
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82 degrees | 58 max dew point | 8:29 sunset |
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Tonight. Feels like … September 6th. |
Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear. Light and variable wind.
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56 degrees | 5:57 sunrise |
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Sunday. Hot ! |
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.
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86 degrees | 62 max dew point | 8:29 sunset |
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Sunday Night. Feels like … July 31st. |
Mostly clear. Light south wind.
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62 degrees | 60 max dew point | 5:58 sunrise |
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Monday. Muggy ! |
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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87 degrees | 66 max dew point | 8:28 sunset |
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Monday Night. Muggy ! |
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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66 degrees | 66 max dew point | 5:59 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … July 15th. |
A chance of showers. Mostly sunny. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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84 degrees | 69 max dew point | 8:27 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … August 26th. |
Mostly clear.
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59 degrees | 6:00 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Hot ! |
Sunny.
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88 degrees | 61 max dew point | 8:26 sunset |
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Wednesday Night. Hot ! |
Partly cloudy.
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65 degrees | 61 max dew point | 6:01 sunrise |
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Thursday. Muggy ! |
Sunny and hot.
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97 degrees | 68 max dew point | 8:25 sunset |
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Thursday Night. Muggy ! |
A chance of showers. Partly cloudy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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70 degrees | 68 max dew point | 6:02 sunrise |
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Friday. Muggy ! |
A chance of showers. Mostly sunny and hot. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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92 degrees | 70 max dew point | 8:23 sunset |
Daily Update – July 30, 2022
Good afternoon! Happy Saturday from the Finger Lakes.
First full day of vacation, though I got a pretty early start on Friday and was actually setting up camp by noontime on Friday, followed by light work by email and some drinking.
Mostly sunny and 77 degrees at the Aunt Sarah’s Falls. β There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. π with gusts up to 20 mph π¨π¨π¨. The dew point is 58 degrees.
Today I’m out hiking a bit of the Catharine Valley Rail Trail π and Aunt Sarah’s Falls and then I’m going to head over to Watkins Glen State Park to swim πββοΈ for a while. The park is usually crowded on the weekend but I have my place where I like to park and hopefully the full pool will be open. π§ Then I’ll get ice cream and sit down by Seneca Lake for a while then head back to camp.
While it’s not super dry in the Finger Lakes where I am π§there isn’t a lot of water going over Aunt Sarah’s Falls. The birds π¦ are fairly ordinary on Catharine Creek Marsh today, a lot of bicyclist π΄ on the rail trail. Not a race weekend π but still pretty busy down in the village today.
This year cutting back a little bit on day trips due to price of gas and those hills where I swear I see the needle drop as a climb them. β½Figure alternate each day between camp and heading to town, works well with the ice. Trying to keep my fuel bill under $250 for vacation but still get out and do things but not feel rushed.
I actually got good gas mileage coming out to the Finger Lakes. π»That’s despite having the kayak πΆ on the roof of my Big Jacked Up truck. I tried to avoid using passing gear climbing the hills, traffic was light on a Friday morning and I climbed the hills at 35-45 mph and took my foot off the gas as soon as I reached the summit. Even on Interstate 88 I rarely hit 60 but to be fair the road was mostly under construction and posted at 55.
That said, on Friday it was a nice leisurely drive out to the Finger Lakes. π I like seeing all the farms and small towns, the run down and somewhat disorderly homesteads along the hills and the deep valleys. I’m not a big fan of NY 206 and NY 78 especially near Ithaca due to the traffic and hot to trot drivers but on a Friday morning unlike a weekend it was very quiet. I got to camp around noon time Friday.
Spent most of Friday afternoon setting up camp. βΊ I figured if I am going to stay here all nine nights might as well get it set up nice. Ended up camping at my usual site on Chicken Co-op Road π (as my GPS calls it), which was good as I need cell service π± so I can text and email π§ for work. Kind of a working vacation scheduled this year. Busy year with all those political campaigns going on.
The mud is wallow into this campsite is getting deep π½ so I trenched it out, draining it out and then finding rocks and mud in the woods to fill it in. It’s still kind of soft and a mess but I think with the dry weather and the water mostly drained end ditched off things should improve over the week. I figure I can keep adding rock to fill it in more as needed.
Weather Update – September 9, 2021
This morning will start out cool and rainy then a lot of sun and cool β
I saw the warnings and the radar πΈ and decided to ignore the rain β for my morning walk πΆ. Truth be told, I didn’t want to miss my walk and I still have to shower πΏ so I figure it’s a pre clean.
The weekend looks quite nice but I don’t have any plans yet π€·ββοΈ as I’m leaning towards making plans for a long weekend in two weeks maybe one or two extra days. I need to do my time sheets and look at my time bank.
One thing I should do is think about washing my truck, sanding and getting some primer over the rust spots on my truck π. That would be the responsible thing to do.
Today. Feels like … September 21st. |
A chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Cloudy.
Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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72 degrees | 64 max dew point | 7:15 sunset |
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Tonight. Feels like … September 3rd. |
Mostly cloudy.
West wind 3 to 6 mph.
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57 degrees | 6:30 sunrise |
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Friday. Feels like … September 26th. |
Mostly sunny.
Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph.
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70 degrees | 57 max dew point | 7:14 sunset |
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Friday Night. Feels like … September 22nd. |
Mostly clear.
West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.
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50 degrees | 6:31 sunrise |
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Saturday. Feels like … September 14th. |
Sunny.
Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
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75 degrees | 57 max dew point | 7:12 sunset |
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Saturday Night. Feels like … August 30th. |
Mostly clear.
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58 degrees | 6:32 sunrise |
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Sunday. Feels like … August 22nd. |
Mostly sunny.
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81 degrees | 63 max dew point | 7:10 sunset |
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Sunday Night. Hot ! |
Mostly cloudy.
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64 degrees | 63 max dew point | 6:33 sunrise |
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Monday. Feels like … September 11th. |
Partly sunny.
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76 degrees | 63 max dew point | 7:08 sunset |
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Monday Night. Feels like … September 3rd. |
Partly cloudy.
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57 degrees | 6:34 sunrise |
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Tuesday. Feels like … September 17th. |
Partly sunny.
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74 degrees | 60 max dew point | 7:07 sunset |
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Tuesday Night. Feels like … July 15th. |
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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63 degrees | 62 max dew point | 6:35 sunrise |
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Wednesday. Feels like … September 11th. |
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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76 degrees | 67 max dew point | 7:05 sunset |
Good Evening – July 26, 2021
Good evening! The Watkins Glen Pool closes now at six o’clock on weekdays. π
I am really not digging that. ππ»βοΈ Because closing at six means I need to get out of the pool by 5:30 so I have time to shower and get changed. πΏ And it’s still warm on a hot day at this point. Although sitting by Aunt Sarah’s Falls is quite nice and cool. π
Spent the bulk of my day at the swimming pool, really kind of lazy vacation day π during the dog days πΆ of summer. Hiking and birding in the Catharine Creek Marsh and decided to take the trail to the falls. Once I get back to my truck it’s off to Tops and ice cream π§, followed by maybe Clute Park or maybe camp. Still haven’t had dinner yet, so I might not want to get back too late and I kind of want to watch for shooting stars π later on into the midnight hour of I have enough energy.
Still kind of hot evening. π Partly clear and 82 degrees at the Aunt Sarah’s Falls. There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. π. The dew point is 62 degrees.