And now to get everything finalized for vacation 🏖

It’s happening I’m making progress on everything. The bus almost has me home and then no more work until August 7th. I’ve been packing and planning since Tuesday, my plan is to make the week go as smoothly and enjoyable as possible.

Good evening! Rain and 89 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛈ There is a west-southwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 73 degrees. The heat index is 91. The skies will clear around 6 pm.

Really working hard to make this a special, well run vacation 🏖 that is relaxing and enjoyable. Not planning anything real crazy 🤪 but I plan to eat well, spend lots of time on the trail and in the hammock, noting time is short and these adventures won’t last forever.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 68 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 72 at 6pm. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 67 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 71% illuminated. At 4 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 1° from the horizon, some 236,406 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by January 23^rd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Strugeon 🐡 Moon is on Tuesday, August 1. The darkest hour is at 1:03 am, followed by dawn at 5:10 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:43 am in the east-northeast (63°) and last for 3 minutes and 16 seconds. Sunrise is one minute later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:23 am with sun in the east-northeast (69°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 18 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and one second over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny and hot ☀, with a high of 91 degrees at 5pm. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 70 at 12pm. Heat index values as high as 96. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Fortunately the air conditioning works good in my truck. Should be a great trip. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1929.

Probably won’t do a morning blog post 📝 but maybe in the evening when camp ⛺ is all set up for the week. I really want to be on the road as soon after 9 am as possible. I’ll do a quick check of the oil and fluids, want to top off the tires, and then just get on the expressway and let the cruise control do it’s thing as the miles roll away. 🍌 Make sure I’m good on groceries and supplies at camp through Sunday as I think Saturday will be a bit showery. ☔

In four weeks on August 24 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (286°) at 7:45 pm,🌄 which is 37 minutes and 55 seconds earlier then today. In 2022 on that day, we had humid, partly sunny and temperatures between 86 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 60 degrees. The record high of 95 degrees was set back in 1947.

Looking ahead, tommorow is my first day of summer vacation ⛺, Campfire Day 🔥 is Next Thursday, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 2 months, Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 11 weeks, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 12 weeks, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 17 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 4 months, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 21 weeks and 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 22 weeks.