Good evening! Partly clear and 52 degrees at the Stoney Pond State Forest. There is a west-southwest breeze at 6 mph. . The dew point is 43 degrees.
Walked down to Stoney Pond but there is enough clouds that the Syracuse light pollution makes the stars much more difficult than previous nights. Came back to camp and sat by the fire for a while. Definitely some nice scenery hiking along the Canastota-Cazenovia Trail and poking around Fenner. The wind farm and all the various livestock farms up that way are quite interesting to see. Itโs amazing what people can make from the earth tillage and grass. God bless the grass.
Joe Biden is the president elect and I listened to his speech . Honestly with socially distant drive in rally due to COVID-19 it sounded like it was held at the median of the Belt Parkway. I get it but itโs weird to hear car horns at a political speech. I voted for Jo Jergenson but I think Biden will be a much better president than Trump. Biden has so much more experience, he listens to experts, and heโs a calming influence during the pandemic. But even if I felt differently, I donโt have much say in the presidency beyond a bubble I marked on the voting Scantron machine. I donโt do many political rally anymore โ protests are fun but Iโm not interested in defending any particular cause.
Maybe Trump to a certain extent was a good thing. He tore down the old rules about obscenity, brought down the presidency in some ways to the people by replacing the class and decorum of the office with that of a cheap suit worn by Billy Fuscillo. He made politicians a lot more free on their social media and many ways elevated politics over bureaucary and decorum which had gotten awful stuffy for the modern era. I think itโs fine for the world to know the president poops and tweets from his gold plated toilet . His three justices he appointed in the Supreme Court will provide an effective check on the new administration. No one party should be too powerful. That farm I passed with the very well used and blacked with melted plastic all over them burn barrels had a big ol Trump flag out front. But as a farmer Iโm sure heโs done more than most to conserve our earth and probably doesnโt send much trash to the landfill.
Tonight will be mostly clear , with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. Southwest wind around 6 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1971.
Idonโt know it feels colder than that already, but truth be tolditwas so warm and sunny today that everything seems a lot colder then it is. But sitting the next to the campfire with my vest and cowboy hat itโs quite warm. I realize that there is so much I canโt change about the world today but I can continue to enjoy my own life free and work to save for a better tomorrow. The politicians are going to do what they do but I canโt turn off the radio and avoid the social media. I donโt think Iโll ever own of those colored televisions ,
Tonight will have a Last Quarter Moon with 54% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:33 pm. The Beaver Moon is on Monday, November 23. The darkest hour is at 11:47 pm, followed by dawn at 6:16 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:46 am in the east-southeast (112ยฐ) and last for 3 minutes and 9 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. The golden hour ends at 7:27 am with sun in the east-southeast (119ยฐ).Tonight will have 13 hours and 59 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be sunny , with a high of 68 degrees at 2pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 27th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 5pm. Light west wind. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1975. 1.7 inches of snow fell back in 1894.
Tomorrow I have to take down camp , officially by eleven oโclock when my three night tenancy expires. I will miss the wild Hill and Hollow country of Madison County but itโs not going away any time soon. I mean this was the exact same campsite I was at a decade ago. But with the mild weather I havenโt been able to enjoy the solitude that was the case a decade ago โ people are enjoying the nice weather. Canโt blame them. Me too!
Central NY is different than the Adirondacks or the Green Mountains but I like the agricultural landscape for a change. There are a lot of neat trails and scenic vistas out along this way. I honestly havenโt spent a lot of time out in Cazenovia area in years and the Trailway is quite nice. That said, Chittenango Falls was way too crowded but particularly the high country part of the Trailway was super quiet. I just wish more people would wear masks on the trail . Apparently social distancing isnโt as popular here.
Iysa beautiful landscape out here, and some day I want to live back out in the country but not one of those big fancy houses. More ramshackle like those often rundown farms I pass on by. There is something so beautiful about how nature grows back and works to take over everything โ the abandoned homes and equipment, and just the mud and muck that can be found on every farm.
In four weeks on December 5 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (239ยฐ) at 4:28 pm, which is 18 minutes and 45 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 38 and 28 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 40 and 25 degrees. The record high of 65 degrees was set back in 2001.
I may do a December trip but I donโt really know, as I expect soon for remote work to be ending and I donโt have a lot of vacation time left at this point before the end of the year. I feel like the abnormally warm weather is soon to switch to be cold and snow . And once the roads are icy and snow covered, camping season is likely done for me unless I hot tent locally as Iโve done some years during the holidays.
Looking ahead, Regular Deer Season in Southern Zone is in 2 weeks, Small Business Saturday is in 3 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day is in 4 weeks, Boxing Day is in 7 weeks, Static Electric Shock Day is in 9 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day is in 11 weeks, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 is in 13 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset is in 15 weeks and Snow Moon is in 16 weeks.
. The dew point is 43 degrees.
that the Syracuse light pollution makes the stars 
much more difficult than previous nights. Came back to camp and sat by the fire 
for a while. Definitely some nice scenery hiking along the Canastota-Cazenovia Trail and poking around Fenner. The wind farm and all the various livestock farms up that way are quite interesting to see. 
Itโs amazing what people can make from the earth 
tillage and grass. 
God bless the grass.
. Honestly with socially distant drive in rally due to COVID-19 it sounded like it was held at the median of the Belt Parkway. 
I get it but itโs weird to hear car horns at a political speech. I voted for Jo Jergenson but I think Biden will be a much better president than Trump. Biden has so much more experience, he listens to experts, and heโs a calming influence during the pandemic. 
But even if I felt differently, I donโt have much say in the presidency beyond a bubble I marked on the voting Scantron machine. 
I donโt do many political rally anymore โ protests are fun but Iโm not interested in defending any particular cause. 
He tore down the old rules about obscenity, brought down the presidency in some ways to the people by replacing the class and decorum of the office with that of a cheap suit worn by Billy Fuscillo. 
He made politicians a lot more free on their social media and many ways elevated politics over bureaucary and decorum which had gotten awful stuffy 
for the modern era. I think itโs fine for the world to know the president poops 
and tweets from his gold plated toilet 
. His three justices he appointed in the Supreme Court will provide an effective check on the new administration. 
No one party should be too powerful. 
That farm I passed with the very well used and blacked with melted plastic all over them burn barrels had a big ol Trump flag out front. But as a farmer Iโm sure heโs done more than most to conserve our earth 
, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. Southwest wind around 6 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1971.
but truth be told it was so warm and sunny today that everything seems a lot colder then it is. But sitting the next to the campfire 
itโs quite warm. I realize that there is so much I canโt change about the world today but I can continue to enjoy my own life free and work to save for a better tomorrow. 
The politicians are going to do what they do but I canโt turn off the radio 
and avoid the social media. 
I donโt think Iโll ever own of those colored televisions 
,
Moon with 54% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:33 pm. The Beaver 
Moon is on Monday, November 23. The darkest hour is at 11:47 pm, followed by dawn at 6:16 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:46 am in the east-southeast (112ยฐ) and last for 3 minutes and 9 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 
The golden hour ends at 7:27 am with sun in the east-southeast (119ยฐ). Tonight will have 13 hours and 59 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over last night.
, with a high of 68 degrees at 2pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 27th. Maximum dew point of 46 at 5pm. Light west wind. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 37 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1975. 1.7 inches of snow fell back in 1894.
, officially by eleven oโclock when my three night tenancy expires. I will miss the wild Hill and Hollow country of Madison County 
I havenโt been able to enjoy the solitude that was the case a decade ago โ people are enjoying the nice weather. Canโt blame them. Me too!
is different than the Adirondacks or the Green Mountains but I like the agricultural landscape for a change. 
That said, Chittenango Falls was way too crowded but particularly the high country part of the Trailway was super quiet. 
I just wish more people would wear masks on the trail 
. Apparently social distancing isnโt as popular here. 
but not one of those big fancy houses. More ramshackle like those often rundown farms I pass on by. There is something so beautiful about how nature grows back and works to take over everything โ the abandoned homes and equipment, and just the mud and muck that can be found on every farm.
to be ending and I donโt have a lot of vacation time left at this point before the end of the year. I feel like the abnormally warm weather is soon to switch to be cold 
. And once the roads are icy and snow covered, camping season is likely done for me unless I hot tent 
locally as Iโve done some years during the holidays.
is in 2 weeks, Small Business Saturday 
is in 3 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 
is in 4 weeks, Boxing Day 
is in 7 weeks, Static Electric Shock Day 
is in 9 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 
is in 11 weeks, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 
is in 13 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 
is in 15 weeks and Snow Moon 
is in 16 weeks.