September 27, 2020 Night

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Good evening! Cloudy, humid and 67 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️There is a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 2 pm. Yeah, I’m back home and I got the fan on.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 65 degrees at 6am. 19 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 87% illuminated. At 11 PM, the moon was in the south-southwest (192°) at an altitude of 29° from the horizon, some 243,819 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 March 31st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Hunter 🏹 Moon is on Thursday, October 1. The darkest hour is at 12:47 am, followed by dawn at 6:21 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:49 am in the east (92°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:27 am with sun in the east (98°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 6 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 78 degrees at 2pm. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 31st. Maximum dew point of 68 at 11am. South wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 83 was set in 2014.

In four weeks on October 25 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (254°) at 5:57 pm,🌄 which is 45 minutes and 56 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 58 and 48 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 56 and 37 degrees. The record high of 77 degrees was set back in 1963.

Looking ahead, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 1 weeks, November 🥧 is in 5 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 2 months, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 10 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 10 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 14 weeks, Valentines Day ❤️ is in 20 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 5 months and Snow Moon 🌕 is in 5 months.

Big Hollow and Burnt Knob

Whitney Lake

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The main trail to Whitney Lake was non obvious so I ended up following French Louie Trail and bushwhacking to the southern edge of the lake. It was nice but added like an extra plus to my hike today. 

Taken on Sunday September 27, 2020 at West Canada Lake Wilderness.

Black Cowboys

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Short Stuff: Black Cowboys

9/16/20 by iHeartRadio

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Most people don’t realize that around a quarter of the cowboys found in the Old West during the golden age cattle driving were African American.

No Distance Can Stop Your Love Of Agriculture | FFA SAE Edition | Brianna Young | Patagonia Union High School FFA

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OFI 891: No Distance Can Stop Your Love Of Agriculture | FFA SAE Edition | Brianna Young | Patagonia Union High School FFA

9/16/20 by Matt Brechwald

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When you live in the West and in a rural, farming community you have a lot of distance to cover between towns. And, if you are young and passionate about agriculture, this can result in you putting in a lot of road miles to take advantage of opportunities. Our guest today, Brianna Young, does exactly this. Brianna has an amazing story of lambing out sheep for a farmer, three hours north of her home near the Mexico border in Phoenix, Arizona. She also has an amazing story of a one hour, one way commute to be able to work in a veterinary clinic. Brianna has her sights set on becoming a veterinarian in the future, and this is the sacrifice she must make to get the experience she so desires as she prepares for college. All of Brianna’s hard work has paid off however. She has been awarded a gold award for sheep production in the State of Arizona. In addition to that, she has a lifelong love of agriculture that is leading her towards a very rewarding and happy life. SUPERVISED AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE: Sheep Production, Veterinary Science and Equine Science HIGH SCHOOL: Patagonia Union High School; Patagonia, Arizona MASCOT: Lobos FFA ADVISOR: Tonya St. John CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BRIANNA YOUNG: Click on the picture below to be taken to the Patagonia Union High School Website: Brianna’s FFA Advisor’s Email Address: tstjohn@patagonia.k12.az.us Patagonia Union High School Telephone Number: (520) 394-3000 FFA LINKS: National FFA Organization Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE’s) Support FFA Donate to FFA – One way that FFA students are able to start small businesses is through an FFA grant of $1,000. In 2014, 141 FFA students received these grants. With your donations, more students can get this head start – pay it forward. REASONS TO DONATE TO FFA: Only 2% of Americans grow and raise most of the food and livestock consumed by the other 98% as well as the rest of the world. FFA is providing the needed education, training and resources to Americans that will carry that torch forward and insure that America continues to have inexpensive, quality food. Rural Communities will rely on entrepreneurship in the future for population growth and job creation. The FFA is a major catalyst to that entrepreneurial growth. Farmers, ranchers and those working in agriculture give the rest of America incredible amounts of freedom because the search for food is as simple as going to the grocery store: “The future of American agriculture depends on the involvement and investment in America’s youth, In order to prepare for the population of tomorrow, we need to encourage America’s youth today, and show that careers in agriculture are profitable, rewarding, and vital.”. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue Where Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald Can Be Heard: Member Of The National Association Of Farm Broadcasters

September 27, 2020 Morning

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Good morning! Happy More Night then Day 🌌! Dreary start to the darker part of the year with the skies cloudy and gray but it’s supposed to clear later. Next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆. Even darker come October. I better work to get that lantern 🏮 up to full brightness again. It was good until it plugged with carbon again Cloudy with a few drops of rain and 59 degrees at the Lake Pleasant. 🌧️ There is a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear around noontime.

The leaves have gotten really colorful around camp 🍂and are really starting to fall. With the rain and inevitable wind over the next few days I’m sure most of them will be gone by next weekend although that’s not at all surprising for the Adirondacks. I’m actually a bit surprised at the reports of good color in the Catskills at this point, usually that’s a bit later around Columbus Day Weekend ⛵.

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ⛅, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9am. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2017.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:49 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-25.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:09 pm with the sun in the west (262°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (268°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:47 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 7:13 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (136°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, 243,384 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 56 seconds over yesterday.

I am thinking about hiking Pillsbury Mountain today or going back to Pillsbury Lake ⛰️ but I’m afraid that the firetower will be crowded and no parking up there. I might park at Sled Harbor 🅿 and walk from there – the dreary weather might decrease the popularity. The thing is that I don’t know that many very scenic hikes around here that aren’t really popular that I haven’t done a million times before. 👪 I just spend a lot of time up here because I have decent cellphone and internet access in this area for work.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 26th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Thursday is October 1st so after that I can camp ⛺ at Stoney Pond in Nelson without a camping permit. 🎫 I am thinking about a fall trip out to Central NY and I could do Zoom Meetings from either the Cazenovia or Hamilton libraries.💻 I don’t want to go out there Columbus Day Weekend but if I go too late in October it will be bow season 🏹 and I want to have the woods largely to myself to small game hunt. 🔫 I also might do some fishing 🎣 at Nelson Swamp off the bridge. Maybe three nights at Stoney Pond and a few at Cherry Ridge 🍒 in Brookfield.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:32 pm with dusk at 7:01 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 59 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1891.

Dredging The Lake