I still feel kind of sick this morning but I’m mostly packed and my goal is to be on the road by around 9 o’clock so I can get cash at the bank when it opens and down to Oneonta mid morning to get apples and doughnuts, gas up and head down to Pennsylvania by the afternoon.

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Rain and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northeast breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 53 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

Getting packed and having a light breakfast of hard boiled eggs 🥚, whole wheat bread 🍞 and bananas 🍌 with a single cup of coffee ☕. Maybe I snuck in a walnut and a slice of Butternut Squash while packing but I’m trying to limit watery foods prior to the road trip. That said I should be careful about dehydration more than excessive water because I’ve had diarrhea along with my upset stomach and burning throat and general sickness the past day. But I think I’m recovering.

My aunt on Facebook suggested boiling hard boiled eggs 🥚 in baking soda with the water for the shells coming off easily and I was surprised how well that worked. That’s a controversial thing but I didn’t notice an after taste and especially pealing while shocking with cold water after boiling the shells literally slipped off.

Today will rain. The rain could be heavy at times. 🌧 High of 58 degrees at 12pm. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 24th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 10am. 🏖️ Northeast wind 6 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 81 was set in 1979. 0.2 inches of snow fell back in 1926.❄

First order of business today is the bank 🏦 then maybe For the Love of Bacon 🥓 and then down to Oneonta for apple cider doughnuts, apples 🍏 and maybe some food and supplies though I might wait until Keyser WV to get most of the fresh vegetables so they last longer at camp ⛺. Today isn’t going to be a real nice day so I want to get to camp before dark but I plan to hit the hay early so I can rise early and get to Cumberland Maryland by mid morning and ride the Chesapeake and Ohio Canalway for a few hours before heading down to West Virginia. 🚲

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:41 pm with sun having an altitude of 36.8° from the due south horizon (-34.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:27 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (250°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (256°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:06 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 6:33 pm, which is one minute and 32 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the south (175°) at an altitude of 21° from the horizon, 228,289 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:07 pm. At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 55 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. Breezy, 20 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 30mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 48 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 43 seconds over today.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 46 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 3rd. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1959.

I might be sick 🤮 and it’s raining ☔ but I expect a great, memorable and relaxing vacation with excellent weather this year. A little past peak color 🍂 but last week’s weather really sucked. I’m feeling better this morning, the protein rich hardboiled eggs and whole wheat fiber helped. Looking forward to those fresh cider doughnuts 🍩 in Oneonta for sure. ⛺ Camp might be cold and wet tonight 🌧️ but it’s going to be a quick overnight.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Daylight Savings Time Ends 🌇 when the sun will be setting at 5:46 pm with dusk at 6:14 pm. On that day in 2022, we had sunny and warm weather and temperatures between 71 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 76 back in 1994.