Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Next Monday is Cow Appreciation Day 🐂. Cattle are work horses of agriculture. There something like one million families nationwide who raise cattle for either milk or meat, everything from a cow to feed their family to operations with hundreds of cows. Cows are one of the few animals that can take grass from marginal lands and turn it into energy dense and healthy food for humans. I always enjoy listening to Cody Creelman’s Cow Vet podcast to get some insight into the industry.

This morning is one of the nice ones of summer. 😎 Why did I decide not to take it off? I did think about that last week. Well in two weeks I’ll be on vacation. Partly sunny and 64 degrees in Delmar, NY.🌞 Calm wind. The dew point is 52 degrees.

It was nice to be totally off the grid this weekend 📴deep in the wilderness where I could not get any radio or cellphone service, so I had no idea what happening during my absence. Even if there was nuclear war I wouldn’t have heard. The bugs were bad but I drank a lot of beer 🍻 and got some quality time in the hammock with a good book and spent a lot of time in the Moose River. 😴 Do scroll down.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 4pm. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 54 at 6pm. North wind 3 to 5 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1936.

The sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 24 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 8 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 7 seconds over yesterday.

Today I’m going to order the replacement burner for my camp stove. 🔥 I’ve determined the piece that is rusted away and needs to be replaced. Thirty bucks with shipping but I think I’ll buy two as the other burner isn’t in great shape either. I still need to get some non crodding degreaser to clean the stove – I’m leaning towards something they use to wash parts at auto shops and farms.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 57 degrees at 5am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 18th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 8pm. Calm wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 41 occurred back in 1963.

Tonight I have to continue putting away my camping gear ⛺ although I may need some of it if I decide to an overnight to Schoharie County this weekend. Summer is running low and it’s going to be a hot weekend but I lack the ambition to head back to the Adirondacks and battle traffic or drive through Duanesburg and Rural Grove to get up north, shunning the cities and interstates.

Going to be a nice, hot summer weekend. 🏊 Really Potholers weather but I’m not in the mood to visit the Adirondacks. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Maximum dew point of 64 at 6pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Maximum dew point of 65 at 5pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

As I was noting, I’m thinking a quiet weekend in Schoharie County doing some swimming, 🏊 fishing 🎣 and hiking 🚶. Vromans Nose 👃 and Mine Kill Park are always fun as are the farm stands. 🚜

As previously noted, next Monday is Cow Appreciation Day 🐂 when the sun will be setting at 8:31 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 93 and 72 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 83 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1997.