Seasons

This time of year the mornings are quite dark.

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This time of year the mornings are quite dark. Sunrise isn’t until after 7:20 each day, making getting up and going to work a challenge. Camping means getting up in darkness, but at least it makes it easier to get out in the field before dawn when hunting.

In two and a half weeks the time will change, giving us a little extra sun in the morning in exchange for less sun in the evening. Soon though it will be pitch black at five. Mornings already are getting increasingly cold, almost warranting turning the heat on – and certainly at camp sitting by the heater warming ones hands.

Fortunately a hot cup of coffee and breakfast on the camp stove can help overcome the darkness. Morning still breaks, it’s just later then I would like. Eventually the seasons will change, spring will happen and summer days will return.

Looking Back Into West Virgina From Middle Mountain

When Columbus Day Falls in the 21st Century

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When Columbus Day Falls in the 21st Century

October 8th is the earliest Columbus Day can fall, while October 14th is the latest it can fall. This year -- October 9th is a bit on the earlier side but not the earliest side. The most common days for Columbus Day in the 21st century are October 8th, October 11, and October 13th.

Daylight Savings Time – Who observes it?

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Daylight Savings Time - Who observes it?

While dairy farmers, Senator Hubert Humphrey and miscellaneous cranks talk about Daylight Savings Time being the work of the devil, most of America outside of Arizona observe it. Maybe if Humphrey had won in 1968 things would have been different, hard to say. 

Officially, most of Arizona opted out of Daylight Savings Time in 1968, but before then it wasn't widely observed in the state. The tribal areas of the state do observe daylight savings time.