Green Mountain National Forest

Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermont, a forest area typical of the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion. The forest supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver, moose, coyote, black bear, and white tailed deer. It also supports an abundant variety of bird species, such as wild turkey and ruffed grouse. The forest, being situated in Vermont’s Green Mountains, has been referred to as the ‘granite backbone’ of the state.

The forest was established in 1932, as a result of uncontrolled overlogging, fire and flooding.[3] It consists of 399,151 acres (1,615.31 km2); and is the biggest contiguous land mass in the state. If Finger Lakes National Forest, which is managed as a unit of the Green Mountain National Forest, is included within it, GMNF is one of only two national forest northeast of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey barrier; the other being the White Mountain National Forest. Split into the southwest and central areas, GMNF has a total of eight wilderness areas. These were designated by Congress beginning with the Wilderness Act of 1964 to be areas off limits to mechanized gear down to and including bicycles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_National_Forest
http://www.fs.usda.gov/greenmountain

September 4, 2020 Night

Good evening! Clear and 54 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a west breeze at 13 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 48 degrees. Between the low dew point and breeze it’s chilly out tonight. Got my hoodie and vest on for the first time in months. Summer seems to be coming to an end. But that’s to be expected.πŸ‚ All good things must end. βŒ›

Definitely cold ❄. I was laying in the hammock for a while this evening but then I sat by the fire πŸ”₯ until I climbed under the covers in my truck. πŸ› Now I’m finishing up this blog post under the covers.

Kind of a busy day with remote working. πŸŽ₯ That Zoom meeting which I wasn’t expecting dragged on for almost an hour and a half but only used about 300 MB of data but I would have much preferred to do it on the Wi-Fi to save bandwidth on the work network – and because I often like to flip to other browser tabs while the meeting is going on. πŸ“Ά At least this campsite has decent enough cellphone reception and I could do a work on my phone. That said, I will probably head home on Monday just because I expect many more lengthy meetings on Tuesday and I don’t know if I will have enough sun β˜€ at this campsite to keep things well charged.

Tonight will be mostly clear πŸŒƒ, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 3rd. West wind 10 to 13 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1974.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous πŸŒ– Moon with 91% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east (99Β°) at an altitude of 12Β° from the horizon, some 252,051 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. πŸš€ At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by March 14th. Buckle up for safety! πŸ’Ί The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Saturday, September 19. The darkest hour is at 12:52 am, followed by dawn at 5:52 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:21 am in the east (80Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:59 am with sun in the east (86Β°). Tonight will have 11 hours of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 3pm. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 4pm. West wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. A year ago, we had thunderstorm in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2018.

In four weeks on October 2 the sun will be setting in the west (265Β°) at 6:30 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 50 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 65 and 45 degrees. The record high of 85 degrees was set back in 1927.

Looking ahead, September 11th πŸ‡Έ is in 1 weeks, 7 PM Sunset πŸŒ† is in 2 weeks, Average High is 65 πŸ‚ is in 4 weeks, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM πŸŒ† is a month away, Day After Election Day πŸ›€ is in 2 months, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 10 weeks, Buy Nothing Day πŸ›οΈ is in 12 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 3 months, Bake Cookies Day πŸͺ is in 15 weeks, Christmas πŸŽ… is in 16 weeks, New Years Day 2020 πŸŽ‰ is in 17 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 18 weeks and 37th Birthday πŸŽ‰ is in 21 weeks.

Turned out to be a beautiful evening

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They ran out of Interstate numbers in the 1980s and other states started cannibalizing New York State interstate numbers … πŸ›£οΈ

  • Interstate 84 – Oregon/Utah
  • Interstate 86 – Idaho
  • Interstate 87 – North Carolina
  • Interstate 88 – Illinois

No other state besides New York State has ever had their interstate numbers cannibalized.

There are no repeats in interstate numbering from Interstate 2 to Interstate 83 or Interstate 89 to Interstate 99, although currently New York I-99 and Pennsylvania I-99 contains about a fifty mile gap that will be eventually completed.

September 3, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 62 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a southwest breeze at 8 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 55 degrees.

A nice evening but pretty chilly. πŸŒƒ The moon πŸŽ‘ rising and I’m sitting by the fire. This is a nice campsite with lots of sun but I’m having problems with the data service on my phone here so I’m going to have to move to a new campsite β›Ί before work so I have reliable service for walk.

The drive up here along US 7 was pretty ⛰️ especially around Sutherland. Very little traffic in Albany at rush hour, mostly because of everything is still remote work with the state. 🚘 A few parts of Kelly Stand Road are a bit rough in a few places from being so dry and washboarded.

Tonight will be mostly clear πŸŒƒ, with a low of 55 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 6th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 10pm. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became thunderstorm by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1946.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous πŸŒ– Moon with 96% illuminated. The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Friday, September 18. The darkest hour is at 12:52 am, followed by dawn at 5:51 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:20 am in the east (79Β°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ The golden hour ends at 6:58 am with sun in the east (86Β°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 2nd. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. West wind around 14 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1929.

It sure gets dark early this time of year. πŸŒ† I guess that’s not that surprising in the grand scheme of things, autumn is rapidly approaching and summer is rapidly fading away. But I guess it’s a good thing because everybody wants 2020 over sooner than later although I doubt there will be much toasting out New Years Eve in 17 weeks.

In four weeks on October 1 the sun will be setting in the west (266Β°) at 6:32 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 50 minutes and 9 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 78 and 60 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 66 and 45 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1927.

Looking ahead, 6:30 Sunrise πŸŒ‡ is in 1 weeks, Constitution Day πŸ“œ is in 2 weeks, October πŸ¦‡ and Harvest Moon πŸŒ• is in 4 weeks, Average High is 60 πŸ‚ is in 6 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends πŸŒ‡ is in 2 months, Election Day 2019 πŸ—³οΈ is in 2 months, Thanksgiving πŸ¦ƒ is in 12 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise βŒ›οΈ is in 14 weeks, Christmas Eve πŸŽ… is in 16 weeks, New Years Eve πŸŽ† is in 17 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter πŸŒ„οΈ is in 4 months, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 19 weeks, Wolf Moon πŸŒ• is in 21 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day πŸ₯› is in 23 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 24 weeks.

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