Seneca Lake

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Five weeks to Labor Day Weekend Begins . Mostly sunny and 62 degrees at the Klipnocky State Forest outside of Canasserga in Allegany County. Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees.

This is a very good pleasant morning on the Friday before vacation ends, relaxing a bit with some coffee and eggs before I take down camp and head down to Allegany State Park. That’s over an hour away, as it’s quite a ways to the west in Cattaraugus County. The far western edge of Allegany County borders Allegany State Park but they’re large counties and Quaker Lake is on the far side of the park, almost in Chautauqua County.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny , with a high of 83 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 60 at 10am. South wind 3 to 5 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. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1963.

I think today for a little while I will shun the blue highway in favor of the Southern Tier Expressway as the part I’m planning to go on basically bypasses a lot of small towns and the local road parallels it. Plus it will save a lot of time and I’ll have plenty of time to drive through little hick towns in Pennsylvania. I’m going to continue snapping pictures with my dash cam and will be posting even more pictures with my big camera later on.

The sun will set at 8:37 pm with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 59 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for partly clear skies and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 57 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear , with a low of 60 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 14th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8pm. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1977.

Letchworth State Park was fun as was seeing many of the small Western NY farm towns. I forgot about the unique smell of the Genesee Valley – the faint but constant smell of dairy land – the fermented grasses and silage, the spread manure. Some farms where on their second cutting of hay at this point so they were fertilizing for the autumn cut. I didn’t care much for the Harvey Pool at Letchworth – it was only four feet deep and the facilities were old and run down. The central lounge was pretty but the outdoor changing rooms were strange and lacked privacy. It was still nice to poke around the park for about four hours.

Didn’t see any hairy women camping up in the Klipnocky Woods but it was a pleasant night in a good, very quiet campsite. Lower Gas Springs Road is very rough but Klipnocky Road isn’t too bad. The campsite was quite nice but not a lot of trees to hang stuff but I did find a location for my hammock and the stars were nice.

On this day in 2007, Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy. Preventing the spread of bovine TB is probably much more important then some religious tradition. And in 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. It would be one step in many in protecting the rights of minorities in our country.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny , with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 11am. Southwest wind 6 to 9 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. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1955.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

One month from now will be National Dog Day when the sun will be setting at 7:54 pm with dusk at 8:24 pm. The sun will set even earlier back in Albany compared to the Klipnocky Wilds.

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Well within the second half of vacation. Next Thursday is August . Next weekend after vacation if it’s hot I might go up to Piesco Powley Road as summer is rapidly running low. Mostly sunny and 63 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. Light breeze. The dew point is 51 degrees. Beautiful morning up here at Burnt Hill on the highest point between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes. Cows are mooing in the distance. I’m going to miss the Finger Lakes but it’s time to move on.

Today will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny , with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 6pm. Should be a real nice day. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was very sticky. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1963.

The first step for today is to visit the Sugar Hill Firetower then head out west to maybe Letchworth State Park or maybe directly to camp in Allegany County. I’m not really sure, depends on the time. Then Friday I’ll head out to Quaker Lake at Allegany State Park, overnight in the National Forest and then Saturday night camp outside of Wellsboro and explore the Pine Creek Gorge. Sunday I’ll head back home, stopping a few places along the way.

The sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:06 pm, which is 58 seconds earlier than yesterday. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies and temperatures around 71 degrees. The dew point will be 59 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 41 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 56 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear , with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 2nd. Maximum dew point of 59 at 8pm. Light and variable wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 70 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1976.

On this day in 1965, Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. The crowds boo and his. Not very respectful. In 1993, The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Liberals use it as an excuse to take away people’s gun rights in Australia, which weren’t protected by an active gun culture or second admendment like in America. Such a common story it seems, the second amendment is important come 2020.

It should be a pretty nice weekend to round out my vacation. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Maximum dew point of 63 at 10am. Sunday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 65 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is August when the sun will be setting at 8:26 pm with dusk at 8:58 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain and temperatures between 80 and 70 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 101 back in 1933.