Good morning! Happy Monday! Back to work from home on this rainy start to week. Next Monday is Memorial Day 🇺🇸. Rain and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Calm wind.

Today will have showers likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 67 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 9th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6am. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2017. 2.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 67.1° from the due south horizon (-3.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:34 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (292°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (298°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:15 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 16 seconds with dusk around 8:46 pm, which is one minute and one second later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:29 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 46 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 44 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 57 seconds over yesterday.

I have a three o’clock and five o’clock meeting 🕒 so I expect a long day at work. I also have a ten o’clock. I’ll probably go down to the library and work down there as the internet is much better there.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 48 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 49 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1981.

Hot and sunny for Memorial Day Weekend. Saturday, a chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 56 at 12pm. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 75. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 72 degrees.

I might do some tent or lean to camping this weekend ⛺ but with all the good campsites taken I’m thinking I’d still be better off on planning my bigger trip for the following weekend. The final weekend of May may be in the 80s, which might be good for camping and cooling in a swimming hole but maybe not in the potholers if the road is yet to be rebuilt.

That said, I want to hook up that fuse box 🔌 this weekend and also get my camping gear ready. By Thursday or Friday I’ll decide which days the following week I’ll take off. I’d like to take 3 or 4 days for a long weekend then.

As previously noted, next Monday is Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:20 pm with dusk at 8:54 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 73 and 46 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 72 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1981.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind. The dew point is 46 degrees. Remarkably mild for this late in the night for mid May but then again it is mid May. Seems like it was March the last time I worked downtown, well actually it was. I haven’t been downtown since probably April when I picked up the work laptop.

It was a a beautiful spring day and I spent as much time as possible outdoors. 🌸 Things are still fairly gray in the hill towns on the hills but at the same time many other places are quite green. This afternoon I hiked a Thacher Park 🌿and this evening hiked at the Pine Bush well after dark 🌃 – from 10 pm to 11:30 to be exact.

I would have stayed longer but my knee was aching from the Lyme Disease. 🐜 I hadn’t taken the pill before I left for the evening. The doxycycline is controlling the symptoms but I’m not convinced it’s killing the Lyme and it may return when the medication runs out on Monday. If necessary I guess I’ll see my doctor again. 😷 One good thing about working from home is it makes scheduling easier. Plus I didn’t want to stay too late and be fatigued driving home. 🏡

It seemed like the Permethrin worked well on my clothes. 👚 So far no ticks I’ve found and the one black fly that landed on my jeans was crippled before it could bite. Didn’t protect my face from bugs out hiking but my arms were good as I applied Picardin to them. 😵 As much as I have pause about bathing myself in chemicals, ticks are insane this year and I am very worried about getting sick from Lyme and not recovering. Already I’m not doing great. I’m not willing to become a shut in just to avoid ticks.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1959.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 26% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:00 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:33 am in the east-northeast (63°) and last for 3 minutes and 16 seconds. Sunrise is 59 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:13 am with sun in the east-northeast (69°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 18 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 59 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 20th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 10am. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Might be a decent day. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2017.

So I’m pretty sure I’m going to delay my Memorial Day Weekend trip for the week after. ⛺ I’ve been on and off but I don’t think the weather will be all that great for Memorial Day Weekend based on the latest forecast and I’m not convinced that the gates north of the potholers will be open this year for Memorial Day Weekend. Been so wet and I know they had to rebuild the road last fall and with the pandemic everything is messed up. I’m thinking I might take Friday and Monday the week after Memorial Day and camp three nights either at the House Pond campsite or maybe up at Powley Place at one of the sandy open sites where I can use the solar to keep my batteries 🔋 charged and hang my hammock and set up my screen tent 🎪 for black fly prevention.

I am running low on socks and a few other supplies 🏪 which I will probably order from Walmart online but I’ve found it hard to come up with a $35 order for free shipping 📦 as the online store actually lacks a lot of the products that the regular stores would have in normal times. Walmart isn’t stocking any non food items in their retail outlets so if they sell out, it’s gone.

In four weeks on June 13 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:34 pm,🌄 which is 22 minutes and 2 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 65 and 57 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 77 and 56 degrees. The record high of 94 degrees was set back in 1892.

Looking ahead, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕️ is in 1 week, and Summer ️⛱️ is in 5 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 6 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Could be a stormy one later on as often happens in May. Three weeks to 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️. Cloudy and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 52 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 3 am. That said, it’s nice to sleep with the windows open all night.

I think I will go for a walk this morning 🚶 before work. Once my day gets underway I’ll take my wash down to the laundromat and get that done while working on my laptop in my truck. 👚 Besides washing my clothes, I want order those things that I couldn’t get at Wally World.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌩, with a high of 78 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 14th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 1pm. South wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Always the disclaimer. Kind of cloudy summer’s day. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1900.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 66.4° from the due south horizon (-4.4° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:31 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (291°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (297°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:12 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 14 seconds with dusk around 8:43 pm, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:25 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 71 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 4 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Some storms could be severe, with heavy rain. 🌩 Low of 54 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7pm. 🏖️ Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. 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 48 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1980.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 27th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6am. Northwest wind around 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1991.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 5 to 7 mph. ☁ Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 50 at 4pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

Tomorrow I think I will go hiking 🚶 probably at the back part of Thacher Park. ⛲ While the forecast has improved somewhat for Sunday but I’m not thinking it’s going to be a real nice weekend. ☁ I’m still chewing over Memorial Day Weekend but only if I can get Friday off an leave by dawn to get the best possible campsite. And it depends on the forecast a lot.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:29 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2019, we had rain and temperatures between 83 and 55 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. The weekend is getting closer but working from home it doesn’t seem like much of a change. Six weeks to Latest Sunset 🌆. Sunny and 36 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a west breeze at 6 mph. 🍃.

Another sunny but cool day on tap. ⛲ I will probably go for my morning walk 🚶 before walk and get some fresh air before getting down to work at nine. Maybe if it’s warm enough I’ll sit out back for work. 🐦 Birds are chirping this morning but still cool for mid May. But the heat is coming starting in about a week. Going to be hot to round out the month.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 13th. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 54 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2004. There was a dusting of snow in 1953.❄

I have a list of things 📃 I’d like to get at Walmart today. I’m thinking of going shopping during my lunch break to avoid the crowds. I need a spray bottle for the Permethrin application to my jeans 👖 as I want to try that out tomorrow maybe after going to the laundromat when there is still sun to dry the clothes outside. I also need to get some socks, frozen fruit for breakfast and snacks, more meat and eggs 🍳. Also maybe another pair of Bluetooth headphones. 🎧

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:53 pm with sun having an altitude of 65.9° from the due south horizon (-4.9° vs. 6/21). Doesn’t get much higher in the sky. A six foot person will cast a 2.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:29 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (290°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (297°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:10 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 14 seconds with dusk around 8:41 pm, which is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:22 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 34 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 8 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy frost after 2am. Otherwise, clear 🌃, with a low of 32 degrees at 4am. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 2nd. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became light drizzle by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1996.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 51 at 8am. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 49 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

The weekend forecast still looks decent Saturday ☀ but also not so great for Friday and Sunday. I think my best option is to stay home this weekend. Maybe I will go up north Memorial Day Weekend. If I do that I’ll probably take off a week from Friday and leave before dawn on Friday to ensure that I can get a campsite. Probably Piseco Powley Road ⛺ but maybe not. It depends a lot on the final forecast – saying all of Memorial Day Weekend will be 80 and sunny is uncertain. If I do go up north that will be after spraying my clothes with Permethrin and using the screen house 🎪 as it’s bound to be buggy.

Looking ahead, there are 6 weeks until Latest Sunset 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 85 and 56 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 80 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

Good evening! Heavy rain and 40 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 3 am. ☃️ Just rain so far here but I expect it will be snow by morning. It will melt fairly quickly but I think it’s fair to expect you might see some snow on the grass locally and more out in the hill towns.

A pretty good day. The morning was really beautiful and I was feeling great. 😊 Worked outside for a while. As the day progressed it clouded up but was nice to end the day in the woods well except for finding poison ivy on my hand ✋ and realizing that I think I forgot to take my doxycycline by evening due to the aches returning. 💊

I really got to treat my clothes with permethrin which is cheap and not hard to do if you buy it concentrated and mix it and make sure to let things dry before wearing. I’ll have to do most of my jeans and shirts before hiking and camping. 👚 👖 Lasts like six washes or a month or so. Safety of permethrin is pretty good as long as it’s use is for clothing or controlled in an agricultural setting. 💀I was studying the material safety sheets. Do keep it away from waterways for sure especially in agricultural quantities,which is why its a restricted pesticides for farm field applications but not for fly control on cows. 🐮

Tonight will rain before 11pm, then rain and snow likely between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of snow after 1am. 🌧 Low of 31 degrees at 5am. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 31st. Chilly night ahead. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies. It got down to 40 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1956.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 96% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (120°) at an altitude of 2° from the horizon, some 231,768 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 October 31^st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Saturday, May 23. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:10 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:41 am in the east-northeast (66°) and last for 3 minutes and 11 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 12 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:21 am with sun in the east-northeast (72°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 35 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 15 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and noon, then scattered rain showers after noon. Partly sunny 🌧, with a high of 44 degrees at 3pm. 23 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 16th. Windy, with a west wind 21 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1979. 1.6 inches of snow fell back in 1977.❄

Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is May 9th so with the wind it’s going to be cold. ❄ My heat is off but my windows are closed again. Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner. I saw on Facebook that the town has been actively working on preparing the roads at Moose River Plains for opening in a few weeks.

I am still leaning towards the Coleman Screen house for camping 🎪 but they have two models I should make a decision this weekend or by Monday if I want it for Memorial Day Weekend even though I probably won’t camp that weekend due to the crowds but maybe take a long weekend the following week. The Coleman ones have a good review and it’s a well known brand. They have a conventional model and a newer quick pop up one which I have to study for durability and ease of putting up alone and relative size. Can’t be too big as I camp often in fairly small campsites. I like how the Coleman ones also lack floors so I won’t have to worry about spilled food, mud or beer. Make a mess, just shovel it out. Like a barnyard. 🐽 Additionally, It will be nice to have a shelter from the bugs in the day time.

Also been looking at getting a good pair of binoculars. 👓Between working out of my truck watching nature through the windshield plus spending a lot more time in the woods during the pandemic I’ve come to realize how much I like bird 🐦 watching. Plus I’ve joined a bunch of birder groups on Facebook and I’m getting a lot better at identifying birds just by thumbing through the pictures.

In four weeks on June 5 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (302°) at 8:29 pm,🌄 which is 26 minutes and 2 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 83 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 75 and 53 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1925.

Looking ahead, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 4 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 2 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good evening! Partly clear and 64 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. Nice evening, sat out back for a while. Not feeling terrible but still a little achy from the Lyme. I still need to take the doxycline I got from the doctor Friday. 💊

Sleeping with the windows open tonight ⬛ which is nice until I heard the sirens from the meat wagon 🚑go roaring by. I wonder if it’s somebody dying of Coronavirus? Hopefully nobody I know. It’s a question one always asks these days.

I thought about staying up north one more night and driving home early tomorrow 🚘 but I decided against that as I broke camp midday to go hiking. 🚶 While hiking the remote section of the abandoned Dunning Pond Snowmobile Trail was quiet I eventually lost the trail as it got into dense woods with lots of trees down and few of the old markers. 🔴 Some nice views of the gorge and then a lot of it was an eroded mountain road until the trail left the road and disappeared into the woods. This wouldn’t have been a big problem if I had the GPS tracks from my Google County Maps part of the blog but of course I managed to somehow delete them off my phone. I got to make sure I have them on the phone along with USGS Topo maps saved. I would have also had a better chance of following the herd path up to Eagle Pond that I had lost on Saturday if I had that data saved. 🌐Well there always is future trips up north.

It was a pretty good weekend up north 😎 with lots of sun and actually quite mild and warm most of the weekend except for brief rain shower around 10 pm Saturday night 💦when I ended up retiring to my truck cap earlier than I had planned. Had a nice big fire 🔥 at the same campsite I’ve been at the past few times I’ve been up north on the East Branch Sacandaga River. ⛺ Some traffic 🚥 noise but pretty nice. Spent a lot of time laying back in the hammock, soaking up the sun. ☀ The sun felt good especially when I felt achy from the Lyme. Warm enough a good portion of the weekend I could just lay out with a t shirt 👚 on.

Left my Bluetooth speaker 🔊 home which was annoying when I wanted to listen to podcasts and music 🎶. I’m going to start leaving that in the truck. Better to charge it there too – I don’t pay for the unused solar power the truck produces while parked with the solar controller in float mode. 🔋 Also forgot ketchup for my hotdogs – ended up topping them with baked beans and cheese. 🍣

Explored more of the Fox Lair remains, I want to do one of those historical aerial photo comparisons, especially if I can find the 1942 aerial photo 📷. Not a lot left of the ruins, but I wonder if I can find more old pictures on the internet. 🏰Did some walking 🚶 along NY 8 just for exercise too and to take in the scenery.

Came back relatively early, I was unpacked by about six. 🏡 Laid back on my bed for a while before showering 🚿 and shaving. Got a nice tan. Those side burns I’ve grown are coming in nicely but I do need a hair cut 💇. I’m going to do some trimming myself in the morning as who knows when the barber 💈 is going to be allowed to reopen. My barber is so elderly, I wonder if he will just hang up his hat 🎩 after the pandemic. I decided to avoid the expressway and cities home so I took NY 30 to Duanesburg Churches Road past the Mariaville Farm to US 20. Pretty drive with things greening up outside Amsterdam but I tell you there are some sharp curves on NY 30 south of Amsterdam. 🔶

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. West wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1985.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 85% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south (175°) at an altitude of 52° from the horizon, some 226,511 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 October 22^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Thursday, May 7. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:16 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:48 am in the east-northeast (68°) and last for 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:27 am with sun in the east-northeast (74°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 57 degrees at 11am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 13th. Northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

Tomorrow I probably should go to the laundromat 👖👕 👚 and wash some clothes and probably my sheets too. I can probably bring my laptop there and work from there, uploading pictures from the weekend that was. I’m good on food but the two gallons of milk I bought last week is almost all drunk. I do like my cow 🐮 beverages. Other than that I should be good on food until mid week.

As I noted previously, last weekend I got another tick bite. 🐜I was sore found it on Tuesday. Its been weird – sometimes I feel fine other times terribly stiff and sore. No bulls eye though. Went to the doctor on Friday, she kind of thought I didn’t have Lyme but gave me doxycline. 💊 I held off taking it as I went to the Adirondacks for the weekend and knew doxycline and sun don’t mix due to the risk of severe sunburn. I’m also a little mixed on my concern – it stings from time to time around where I was bit, I’ve been super sleepy at times. 😴 I don’t want to take an antibiotic I don’t need. But I guess the doctor while questioning 🙋 me said I should take it. I don’t know what to think.

It was such a werid experience going to the doctors office during the pandemic. 😫The doors had big signs warning people that if they had cold or flu symptoms they aren’t welcome and that they did not offer Coronavirus testing there. The whole experience was kind of odd and frightening. 👾

While I’m always cautious about social distancing and wearing a mask out in public places but between the limited vision under the banada, the empty doctors office, the hand sanitizer everywhere and all these things like a special Coronavirus questionnaire that I had to do on my phone before the doctor would see me. 📱 I was so creeped out by the experience.

In four weeks on May 31 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301°) at 8:26 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 53 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, mist and temperatures between 76 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 2013.

It looks like for Mothers Day it’s going to be cold and they might get snow in the Adirondacks. ❄ It does not look like a good weekend to get out of town. I’m still thinking about a mid May trip out to Schoharie County – maybe three nights with me working from my truck on a Monday. ⛺ I’m thinking the last week of May – the one after Memorial Day Weekend – to do a three night trip to Piseco Powley Road starting that Thursday night before the weekend if it is nice. I hope to have the screen house by then to avoid the bugs. Peak black fly season isn’t so bad if I have shelter during the day as black flies aren’t out after dark. Memorial Day Weekend proper I’ll stay home 🏡 most likely to avoid the crowds especially if other developed campgrounds are closed forcing people into the back country taking up all the good sites. I’m also seriously thinking about planning my summer vacation up at Piseco Powley Road – and a week at the House Pond Swimming Hole could make up for all the state park pools being closed. 🏊 I’d have to see about getting a camping permit.

Looking ahead, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 1 week, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 2 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 6 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 19 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸