Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is Fathers Day 👨 . Also the Gas Up 🚜 is next weekend. I should see if my dad wants to go, otherwise I might tent or hammock camp overnight in Schoharie County and go the next morning. Partly cloudy and 67 degrees at the Mason Lake. ⛅ There is a west breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 58 degrees.

It’s a pretty nice morning for sure. I had breakfast of eggs and sausage 🍳 and sat in the screen tent 🎪 then back out in the hammock. Been working on a blog post about mental illness stigma and the media and just hanging out. I’m going to need to take down camp ⛺ and head into town later to get ice as the heat has been tough on the coolers and while I can probably go another day, I think that will be really pushing it. I didn’t have salt for salt water ice and while I could probably wait until Monday I don’t want to deal with spoiled milk or rancid meat. 🤮

Yesterday was a pretty lazy day in the hammock. 😴 That was the plan. I did a lot of day drinking in the heat 🍻 and got quite buzzed but who cares I haven’t started my truck since Friday as I used the solar go keep things charged. 🔋 Did some fishing 🎣 and went for a swim in Mason Lake, it was cold and mucky as to be expected. 🦆 Walked down to the other end of the lake and saw a few Mallard ducks fly off. Been hearing a lot from the loons but I haven’t seen them but honestly I spent more time in the hammock then down by the lake yesterday.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 28th. Maximum dew point of 59 at 10am. West wind 8 to 11 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1925.

I think today I will pack up ⛺ and head into Spectulator. While it is getting warm fast, I am thinking about hiking back to the Kunjamuk Cave and Elm Lake. I could drive there but I would rather park the truck and walk 🚶🏻 so I can look at birds 🐦 and wildlife 🦌. I need to get a block of ice ❄ a Charlie John’s and then I want to get some ice cream 🍦and go for a swim in Lake Pleasant at the town beach 🏖 which isn’t officially open yet but I am sure there will be a ton of people there. 🏊🏻‍♂️

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.1° from the due south horizon (-0.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 30 seconds with dusk around 9:11 pm, which is 41 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:58 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 76 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 61 degrees at 4am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 27th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8pm. West wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2020, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1958.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Fathers Day 👨 when the sun will be setting at 8:40 pm with dusk at 9:15 pm. On that day in 2020, we had cold, partly sunny and temperatures between 66 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 79 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1892.