I never realized how wet the deep south really is compared to New England. But I'm guessing that's due to the hurricanes that often strike in the Gulf of Mexico.
Data Source: Department of Interior, Climate Divisions. This is a coverage of climate divisions from the National Climatic Data Center. https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/climate-divisions
Mostly to the south and west of Albany, at least for now.
I am not a big fan of the rain and the cold when out in the woods.
It’s not comfortable, it’s not fun.
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It makes life a lot more work, and can be deadly.
But still, nothing beats a night in the wilderness.
Going to be a wet afternoon and evening it seems.
Just dumb luck getting soaked coming into work.
Black flies — there really is only one solution to them: don’t be hanging out until they are gone for the night. That means waiting for darkness to come over the land. Then the party can get started.
Black flies aren’t out all night. So that’s the best time to up and own doing things. Like cooking dinner, drinking beer, and hanging out by the campfire. There is nothing wrong with staying up all night during black fly season, because the days really aren’t that wonderful, if you don’t like getting eaten alive.
Granted, in the darkness, you are somewhat restricted in what you can do. But bring a flashlight, and hell, maybe a bunch of Christmas lights, party lights, and big bright 100-watt equivalent florescent lights, and pretend it’s day light. It’s also cooler, and generally much nicer in then in the day time.
During black fly season, the whole purpose of the day is to be sleeping, and recovering from the hang overs of the previous night.
But so far we've remained dry, and hopefully that will be the case for a good portion of the evening.