71 degrees and clear this evening. Going to be a chilly one with temperatures likely to drop to the low 50s. Further evidence that summer will be over before it really began. Tommorow will continue being pleasant, around 80.

Next door neighbors have a pretty big bonfire tonight, although I think their just mostly burning off scrap wood. Smells like pine for the most part. Despite being pretty bright, they’re mostly behaving like good suburbanites.

Next week’s forecast looks pretty good for vacation. I have decided that I will leave early Saturday and overnight Saturday night at Long Pond in Smithville Flats. Probably take some roads I’ve never been over in the Western Catskills. That leaves me less than an hour away from Ithaca.

Probably visit Buttermilk Falls on Sunday and camp at the Finger Lakes National Forest through midweek, each day visiting a different gorge. Figure get a better campsite on a Sunday evening. Then head west to Stony Brook State Park and the Bully Hill State Forest in Allegany County to camp. Then down to Pennsylvania and Presque Isle for the balance of the week.