Good evening! Clear and 34 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Going to be a fairly cold night. I better turn the heat back on.

It was a good day, busy but productive. Visited and hiked in two states. 🚶 Certainly you could say that I practiced a lot of social distancing today in the sense of how many miles I traveled 🚘. I haven’t been to Massachusetts in quite a while, it was nice to go somewhere different for a change. Really just a drive down US 7 and Massachusetts 43 through Williamstown and Hadley, the later more rural and less gentrified. I like farms that are dirty, muddy and with lots of junk and livestock wandering around in the muck.

I actually planning on going to Grafton Lakes for a while but it was such a nice afternoon, why don’t I go a little further. I figured the Taconic Crest Trail would be a less popular than the state park. ⛲ There really wasn’t much crowds, which was really what I was looking for – not just for good health but to seek some solitude. 🙏

I gased up the truck ⛽ and got groceries 🍏. I ended up stopping at the new Shop Rite in North Greenbush. They were remarkably well stocked at least for the products I wanted but I tell you I’m glad I bought toilet paper 🚽 two weeks ago before the nation went Corona Nuts. Ultimately though, I think economic growth and tax revenues are so valuable that a return to normalcy can’t be that far away. 💰 If the stores are closed, they can’t pay rent and businesses can’t pay taxes and states can’t pay doctors or police officers. 🚨 It will be very sad to hear about all the folks dying and hopefully it won’t be too many people I know personally but ultimately time marches on. ♥ Sometimes the good die young.

Also repaired the plug 🔌 on my car laptop charger and tested it out and it’s working great. This is important when I’m working from my truck as the DC charger is much more energy efficient, cutting the load on the batteries and solar panel by 20 percent or more. ⚡ Rather than converting the voltage to 120 volt AC, the car charger uses a DC boost converter to step the 12-15 volts up to 19.5 volts for the laptop. I also picked up a mobile broadband card from work for really shitty days ☁ when I have no choice but to work from home. Also brought home my second laptop charger and my phone cradle as I figured it would be good to have home as nobody knows how long social distancing will last, although I still think it will be economics not healthcare that decides. 💰

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 16 degrees at 6am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around February 10th. North wind around 6 mph. In 2019, we had light rain. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1875.

Tonight will have a New 🌚 Moon. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Sunday, April 5. The darkest hour is at 1:03 am, followed by dawn at 6:29 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:57 am in the east (89°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Yeap, we’re past the first day of spring. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:34 am with sun in the east (95°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 44 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 41 degrees at 5pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 9th. North wind 3 to 6 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 2012. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1887.❄

Tomorrow the priority is first thing to visit the laundromat. 🚿 Got to have clean clothes although that’s less of an issue when I work from Big Red while social distancing. Early on a Sunday morning is less likely to be crowded. Just try to maintain social space. I am not going to my parents house for Sunday dinner 🍲 this week and that’s where I usually do my wash.

Ever since I took more generic Claritin D allergy medicine I a lot feel better 💊 but still I want to stay away from my older parents in case besides my allergies I have a minor case of Coronavirus. 🍳 They really wanted me to stop at the house and drop off eggs that I picked up for them at the store but truth be told, if it’s more than allergic reaction to the mold in my apartment then I don’t want to get them sick and in the hospital, 🏥even just from tossing a case of eggs on their door 🚪 step.

I might also go out to Partridge Run later on. 🚶 It would be nice to spend more time in the woods and get away from it all. I suspect up there if I choose wisely my route I’ll never run into another human being, at least not one who is carrying a gun and doing social distancing for a totally different reason. 🔫 I know people are saying they’re hearing a lot more gun shots in the woods during the weekdays with so many kids out of school and business closed – people are shooting targets 🎯 and probably glass bottles 🍶 and crow season 🐦 is still open.

In four weeks on April 18 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (286°) at 7:41 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 58 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 58 and 46 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 60 and 38 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1976.

Looking ahead, Average High is 60 🌼 is in 4 weeks, Average High is 70 🐮 is in 8 weeks, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 9 weeks and Summer ️⛱️ is in 13 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 61 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸