Good evening! Mostly clear and 56 degrees at Horseshoe Lake. 🌃 There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. Final night here, my three nights here expires comes morning.

So the plan is to break camp early tomorrow ⛺ and then head down to Horseshoe Lake for a paddle. Already the flags 🎌 are down, hammock and gear is organized for a quick pack. At lunch time I’ll go to Tupper Lake for milk and ice ❄ and work using the village maybe upload some stuff to the blog. At five o’clock I’m going to head up to the Saranac Lake Wild Forest or St. Regis Canoe Area where I have cell service and work there Friday and then drive home Saturday I think. 🚣👯

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 52 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 1st. Maximum dew point of 51 at 12am. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became rain by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.

Busy day at work, preparing a large memorandum report that ended up getting shelved 📚 for another project. The laptop battery held up fine and during lunch and later in the afternoon I plugged it into the truck to top it off.

Lows Ledge was pretty but clouds pushed in at the wrong time ☁ – they came in slightly after I arrive and departed after I left casting dark shadows on the land but I got some nice pictures 📷 at the end. Beautiful country up there. I’d love to paddle Hitchens Pond but with work and everything else I just don’t have the time. ⌚ I’m getting to hang out in some beautiful country but work has been crazy. It’s a road trip yes, but not really a vacation. I’m working every day including for a while on the weekend.

While seeing the bear and cubs 🐻 play in the tree was kind of cool, I wasn’t not happy seeing the bear so close to camp. He’s too comfortable with humans and I don’t want him breaking into my truck or tearing up camp. 👣 I thought about sending some bird shot in the woods away from him to send him packing but at the time my truck was parked out on the road soaking up sun for the solar and I didn’t have my shotgun right pm me. Hopefully he won’t be a problem tonight after tonight she’s somebody else’s problem.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 16% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the west (280°) at an altitude of 17° from the horizon, some 231,151 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 17^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The moon will set in the west-northwest (296°) at 11:41 pm. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Saturday, July 4. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:39 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:16 am in the northeast (55°) and last for 3 minutes and 36 seconds. Sunrise is 20 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:00 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 16 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 74 degrees at 5pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 2nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 8am. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1898.

In four weeks on July 22 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (299°) at 8:33 pm,🌄 which is 12 minutes and 38 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 74 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1926.

Good morning! Happy Latest Sunset 🌆 of the Year ! Partly sunny and 64 degrees at the Horseshoe Lake. ☔ There is a southwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees.

After last night’s rain it’s cleared up quite a bit. ☀ This is good because my battery bank is low, and I’ll need to use my laptop for most of the day at work today. But fortunately, no working late today, so

Partly cloudy ⛅ becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7am. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1943.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.2° from the due south horizon. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 8:02 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the borthwest (305°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 36 seconds with dusk around 9:22 pm, which is 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (274°) at an altitude of 23° from the horizon, 231,209 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 10:11 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 10 mph with gusts up to 22mph. Today will have 15 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 14 seconds over yesterday.

Today I have a paper I’m writing for work 📄 so I’ll be using the laptop all day but I don’t expect I will have to work late so running down the laptop battery 🔋 isn’t a big deal as I’ll have sun to charge it.

I am thinking tonight after work about hiking back to Lows Ledge at 5 pm. 🌇 This should get me back there a little after 7 pm and when there should be good illumination of the land below as it will be a clear and beautiful evening. I will bring multiple flashlights 🔦 but once I’m hiking along the dirt road I doubt I’ll need them.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 11pm. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became rain by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.

Thursday I plan to take down camp early 🎪 and then maybe go for an early morning paddle, work down by the lake for a while and then at lunch time either drive down to Long Lake for the balance of the day or maybe Tupper Lake. If I do Tupper Lake I’ll get some supplies and set up camp somewhere else through Saturday or if I do Long Lake will do a short evening hike after work and then be home by nine.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 74. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Sunday, a 40 percent chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

Good evening! Overcast and 75 degrees at Horseshoe Lake. ⛅ There is a south-southwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 64 degrees.

This is primary night in the era of social distancing. ❎ While certainly not my only election night bonfire, well more like a small campfire, 🔥 it was interesting watching the results come in eventhough things will change when the absentees come in – 1.7 million state wide due to the pandemic. But less than you might think as absentee ballots are similar in patterns then in person voting. I’ve been doing this long enough to know all the websites to check.

Tonight will have showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2am and 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy ☔, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 8pm. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 56 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1932.

Tomorrow will have a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing 🌦, with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6am. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1943.

I am going to stay up at Horseshoe Lake for one more night after tonight 🌃 and then take down camp early Thursday morning and work down at Long Lake on Thursday, so a short hike after work and head home, getting home 🏡 around 9 pm. I could go to another campsite but I think Saturday is going to be quite rainy ☔.

Looking ahead, there are 19 weeks until Election Day 2020 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 4:44 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.