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May 9, 2017 Night

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. The skies will clear tomorrow around 3 am. Kind of a rather chilly evening for the second week of May. The windows are closed tonight. 

Got out of work relatively early but the buses were running a bit late from the residual delays from the annual police march, but I made it home early enough for a quick dinner and walk down to the library for a while. Then I went to the store and bought some soap, orange juice and several types of waffle mix. I always enjoy my waffles in the morning and it’s a while since I’ve had waffles. Lately it’s been more eggs but it’s more work to make them up and then clean the pan compared to just making waffles. And I got the soap I really needed. 

Tonight will have patchy frost after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low of 38 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees below normal. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. In 2016, it got down to 34 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1958.

Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 96% illuminated. The moon will set around 6:22 am. The Full “Flower” Moon will be tomorrow with partly cloudy skies expected. The sun will rise at 5:38 am with the first light at 5:06 am, which is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 9 hours and 31 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 14 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high of 60 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees below normal. North wind around 8 mph. A nice change even if unseasonably cold. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 69 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1970. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1945.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. Saturday, rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Maximum dew point of 48 at 1pm. Sunday, rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Typical average high for the weekend is 69 degrees.

I don’t think I will be heading camping this weekend and next weekend is the Lupine Festival which I will be manning the Save the Pine Bush display, assuming that I don’t end up working the job that pays the bills. So I suspect that I won’t get out camping until Memorial Day Weekend. Hopefully we will have good weather for that. I am still thinking about Vermont that weekend. Then probably the next nice weekend to Pisceo Powley Road and Charles Baker State Forest in Madison County. At this point I’m just focusing on the end of black fly season when the pools and the beaches are open again.  

In four weeks on June 6 the sun will be setting at 8:30 pm, which is 25 minutes and 25 seconds later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 83 and 59 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 75 and 54 degrees. The record high of 94 degrees was set back in 1925.

Looking ahead, Average High is 70 is Next Tuesday, 8:30 PM Sunset is in 4 weeks, Strawberry Moon is in 1 months, Independence Day is in 8 weeks, Buck Moon is in 2 months, August 1st is in 12 weeks, Altamont Fair Opens is in 14 weeks, Columbus Day is in 5 months, Friday the 13th (October) is in 21 weeks, Election Day 2017 is in 26 weeks, Average High is 40 is in 27 weeks, Election Day 2018 is in 78 weeks and Election Day 2020 is in 182 weeks.

Sitting back watching the PBS Newshour and just mulling over the days events. Most don’t really impact me but I’m still not crazy about where things are both going in our state or country. Eventually I’ll move to a low tax, laid back state where government isn’t such a big part of life and I won’t worry about all this crap. That said, if I fall off a four wheeler or have an accident cutting firewood or working on a tractor, I sure hope I have access to affordable health care. 

I saw a big protest in front of Congressman Fatso’s fundraiser at the University Club. I’m surprised that he’s hosting it there, as I always thought it was more of Democrat leaning place. I don’t understand all the controversy over healthcare reform, especially because it seems like in another three years the Democrats will undo it all in a partisan vote. Maybe it’s good from an experimental perspective as it means we are trying new health policies and testing them in the real world. But it does seem like public policy isn’t as stable as it was in years past. Whatever the Republicans end up doing, I hope it’s good for our country. 

Then we learned that FBI Director  James Comey was fired by the President. It’s a fascinating development. I wonder what it means for the future of our country. I don’t agree with all of Trump’s policies but I don’t want our country face a constitutional crisis. I just wish our president would behave and be a competent administrator for government. His whole presidency has been bizarre to say the least. 

In the grand scheme of things I guess it doesn’t impact me much because my health insurance is good, even if it’s expensive. I do worry more about the economy which is going to crap out sooner or later. A short certainly inflation and oil prices remain a concern, because that could take a bite out of summer fun.

I’m related news, I got the mildew smell under control by the bleach in the bathtub. Seems to be working well know that the bleach smell is mostly gone. I’ll keep an eye out for mildew, and keep scrubbing down things with bleach. As long as I keep up with it things should be fine. I also need to do a good vacuuming around. 

I think I’m going to kill the lights and go bed. Delicious waffles tomorrow once again! 

2017 NYSDEC Lean-To Listing

Location Region Facility Name Notes
40.8977396062,
-72.6606151038		 1 David A. Sarnoff Pine Barrens Preserve Interior Lean- To
42.039846675,
-74.593646931		 3 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest Balsam Lake Mountain Lean-To
42.0821851976,
-74.5866114487		 3 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest Dry Brook Ridge Lean-To
42.0669125899,
-74.6546347244		 3 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest Kelly Hollow Lean-To
42.0673682324,
-74.5869876883		 3 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest Mill Brook Lean-To
42.0490509759,
-74.644686588		 3 Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest Mill Brook Ridge Lean-To
42.1150311581,
-74.4907498238		 3 Belleayre Mtn Ski Center East Ski Lean-To
42.1177186512,
-74.5031992126		 3 Belleayre Mtn Ski Center West Ski Lean-To
42.009105151,
-74.4838519037		 3 Big Indian Wildernes Area Biscuit Brook Lean-To
41.9980754336,
-74.5603918334		 3 Big Indian Wildernes Area Fall Brook Lean-To
42.0753394054,
-74.4858565042		 3 Big Indian Wildernes Area Mckinly Hollow Lean-To
42.0920121203,
-74.50571316		 3 Big Indian Wildernes Area Rider Hollow Lean-To
42.0502743293,
-74.5106001667		 3 Big Indian Wildernes Area Shandaken Brook Lean-To
42.0697505965,
-74.2874492999		 3 Phoenicia – Mt. Tobias Wild Forest Tremper Mountain Lean-To 1
42.0719347774,
-74.280350018		 3 Phoenicia – Mt. Tobias Wild Forest Tremper Mountain Lean-To 2
42.1388242073,
-74.4544191301		 3 Shandaken Wild Forest Rochester Hollow Lean-To
42.1027865494,
-74.3948255307		 3 Slide Mountain Wilderness Fox Hollow Lean-To
41.9591817103,
-74.4068771821		 3 Slide Mountain Wilderness Table Mountain Lean-To
42.0273156785,
-74.3356447251		 3 Slide Mountain Wilderness Terrace Mountain Lean-To
41.9400595492,
-74.6320548238		 3 Willowemoc Wild Forest Long Pond Lean-To
42.1584913515,
-75.3620266032		 4 Arctic China State Forest A-40 Lean-To
42.1528069973,
-75.3102096425		 4 Barbour Brook State Forest A-41 Lean To
42.2276166115,
-75.3902198332		 4 Beals Pond State Forest
42.3354251044,
-73.4841812463		 4 Beebe Hill State Forest Beebe Hill Lean-To
42.543303724,
-74.4885945942		 4 Burnt-Rossman Hills State Forest Eminence Lean-To
42.5282012278,
-74.6420043552		 4 Clapper Hollow State Forest Clapper Hollow Lean-To
42.0491041533,
-74.9281738602		 4 Delaware Wild Forest Cat Hollow Lean-To
42.0118726464,
-74.9483763817		 4 Delaware Wild Forest Mud Pond Trail Lean-To
42.0058597072,
-74.8682131934		 4 Delaware Wild Forest Pelnor Hollow Lean-To
42.0124988931,
-74.9472696156		 4 Delaware Wild Forest Trout Pond Trail Lean-To Built For ADA
42.6294376039,
-74.2675434311		 4 Dutch Settlement State Forest Lean-To
42.2197534864,
-74.4391024687		 4 Halcott Mountain Wild Forest Halcott Lean-To
42.313988005,
-73.4414954693		 4 Harvey Mountain State Forest Harvey Mountain Lean-To
42.1660752671,
-74.2304343401		 4 Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Devil’s Acre Lean-To Good Condition
42.1692897833,
-74.2576582937		 4 Hunter-West Kill Wilderness Diamond Notch Lean-To
42.3550413796,
-74.3460668476		 4 Huntersfield State Forest Lean-To
42.1196391066,
-74.0873843029		 4 Indian Head Wilderness Devils Kitchen Lean-To
42.0985881282,
-74.0915994051		 4 Indian Head Wilderness Echo Lake Lean-To
42.1357750354,
-74.1634997793		 4 Indian Head Wilderness Mink Hollow Lean-To
42.1894936316,
-74.239507302		 4 Rusk Mountain Wild Forest John Robb Lean-To
42.2789596573,
-74.1033902943		 4 Windham Blackhead Range Wilderness Batavia Kill Lean-To
42.3062546068,
-74.1744107284		 4 Windham Blackhead Range Wilderness Elm Ridge Lean-To
43.8755968409,
-74.366426237		 5 Blue Mountain Wild Forest O’neill Flow Lean-To
43.8873444776,
-74.3788006261		 5 Blue Mountain Wild Forest Tirrel Pond North Lean-To
43.829937473,
-74.4366163022		 5 Blue Ridge Wilderness Cascade Pond Lean-To Fair
43.8186736685,
-74.4205248717		 5 Blue Ridge Wilderness Stephens Pond Lean-To Good
43.8201917816,
-74.4686803224		 5 Blue Ridge Wilderness Wilson Pond Lean-To Fair
44.5989256982,
-74.2285921246		 5 Debar Mtn. Wild Forest Debar Mountian Lean-To Debar Mtn Leanto
44.4918501724,
-74.2523227309		 5 Debar Mtn. Wild Forest Grass Pond Lean-To
44.5192586399,
-74.2710522386		 5 Debar Mtn. Wild Forest Sheep Meadow Lean-To #1
44.5193465505,
-74.2711670085		 5 Debar Mtn. Wild Forest Sheep Meadow Lean-To #2
44.108205472,
-73.7738312581		 5 Dix Mountain Wilderness Bouquet Lean-To
44.0601596209,
-73.8078167801		 5 Dix Mountain Wilderness Lilian Brook Lean-To
44.044126198,
-73.8058583966		 5 Dix Mountain Wilderness Slide Brook Lean-To
44.1759172265,
-73.7215350426		 5 Giant Mountain Wilderness Giant Mtn. Lean-To
43.8863219437,
-73.5641701351		 5 Hammond Pond Wild Forest Eagle Lake Lean-To
43.9655912049,
-73.6440374623		 5 Hammond Pond Wild Forest Moose Mt Pond Lean-To
44.1447454969,
-73.9547665307		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Avalanche
44.1809734501,
-73.8284043214		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Bear Brook Lean-To
44.121015479,
-73.9821264349		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Beaver Point #1
44.1207874446,
-73.9817139904		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Beaver Point #2
44.1825279757,
-74.1805220238		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Blueberry Lean-To
44.1449655863,
-73.8833895452		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Bushnell Falls #1 Lean-To
44.1444007481,
-73.8834828976		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Bushnell Falls #2 Lean-To
44.1129718174,
-73.9928913122		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Calamity #1 Lean-To
44.1448580137,
-74.2751710479		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Calkin’s Brook Lean-To
44.1058294131,
-74.3120366857		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Calkin’s Creek Lean-To
43.9980126927,
-74.3927845611		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Catlin Bay #1 Lean-To
43.9972143811,
-74.3959393656		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Catlin Bay #2 Lean-To
44.1425166432,
-74.1303582429		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Cold River #2 Lean-To
44.091459278,
-74.2576417508		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Cold River #3 Lean-To
44.0913902533,
-74.2557348025		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Cold River #4 Lean-To
44.1427273763,
-74.1298402107		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Cold River Lean-To #1 Lean-To
44.1778467491,
-73.833854921		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Deer Brook Lean-To
44.141626874,
-74.1069373468		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Duck Hole #1 Lean-To
44.1416768647,
-74.1065435467		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Duck Hole #2 Lean-To
44.1142099053,
-73.9556152329		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Feldspar Lean-To
44.1186643668,
-73.9840090128		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Flowed Lands #2 Lean-To
44.1077341951,
-73.9912056361		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Griffin Lean-To
44.1773165403,
-74.3218077012		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Hemlock Hill Lean-To
44.1041784421,
-74.0669132937		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Henderson Lake Lean-To
44.1117549601,
-74.0592189223		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Henderson Lean-To
44.1178828905,
-73.9873641274		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Herbert Brook Lean-To
44.0026552882,
-74.3864802633		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Hidden Cove Lean-To
44.0760291647,
-74.3235341651		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Island House Lean-To
44.1494011459,
-73.9557902347		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Kagel Lean-To
44.0288002362,
-74.367307986		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Kelly Point #1 Lean-To
44.0287025672,
-74.3671303487		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Kelly Point #2 Lean-To
44.1706807759,
-73.9050776091		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Klondike Lean-To
44.1130126221,
-73.9888393806		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Livingston Point Lean-To
44.1469386475,
-73.9552287453		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Brook Lean-To
44.1579156535,
-73.953395811		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Dam #1 Lean-To
44.1573119259,
-73.9533863686		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Dam #2 Lean-To
44.1573817221,
-73.9512823564		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Dam #3 Lean-To
44.158399029,
-73.9510719571		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Dam #4 Lean-To
44.1586913289,
-73.9524288871		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Marcy Dam #5 Lean-To
44.1828433824,
-74.0736410238		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Moose Pond Lean-To
44.079589789,
-74.2389368367		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Moose Pond Stream Lean-To
44.0795538786,
-74.2391509433		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Moose Pond Stream Lean-To #2
44.1992083493,
-73.9059885406		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Mr. Van Lean-To
44.0158171441,
-74.1523218843		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Newcomb Lake Lean-To #1
44.0205306743,
-74.1522782707		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Newcomb Lake Lean-To #2
44.1733720177,
-74.1571389816		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Number Four #1 Lean-To
44.1733860424,
-74.1561240274		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Number Four #2 Lean-To
44.1110695692,
-73.9924324205		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Opalescent Lean-To
44.1466502842,
-73.8622440861		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Ore Bed Brook Lean-To
44.1202212816,
-74.1874471739		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Ouluska Pass Brook Lean-To
44.0996351514,
-73.9133647612		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Panther Gorge Lean-To
44.0654422644,
-74.3285192442		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Plumley Point #1 Lean-To
44.0655989161,
-74.3276122455		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Plumley Point #2 Lean-To
44.1472355081,
-74.318105399		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Raquette Falls #1 Lean-To
44.1568302695,
-74.3133083456		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Raquette Falls #2 Lean-To
44.1710800022,
-73.9974911766		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Rocky Falls Lean-To
44.0414093849,
-74.3501490964		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Rodney Point #1 Lean-To
44.0429767454,
-74.3493346475		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Rodney Point #2 Lean-To
44.099413657,
-74.1052871721		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Santanoni Lean-To
44.159177638,
-74.013876769		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Scott Clearing Lean-To
44.1062441377,
-74.2091536428		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Seward Lean-To
44.1247329647,
-73.9010796778		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Slant Rock Lean-To
44.1988046777,
-74.3183103111		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Stony Creek Lean-To
44.1093110139,
-73.961729679		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Uphill Lean-To
44.1191510722,
-73.9841831313		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Walker Brook Lean-To
44.1221483174,
-74.0532242803		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Wallface Lean-To
44.1784419747,
-74.1736369919		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Ward Brook Lean-To
44.161824666,
-73.8555947195		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Wm. G. Howard Lean-To
44.1538919753,
-73.8510077515		 5 High Peaks Wilderness Wolf Jaw Lean-To
44.2530195934,
-73.7180348153		 5 Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area Gulf Brook Lean-To Fair
44.2607301476,
-73.7100106669		 5 Hurricane Mountain Primitive Area Lost Pond/Biesemeyer Lean-To Fair
43.5996600139,
-73.5330643346		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Black Mountain Ponds Lean-To Lean-To With Privy And Fire Ring Black Mtn Pond Trail
43.6193129088,
-73.5841121844		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Fifth Peak Lean-To Lean-To W/ Privy And Fire Ring Tongue Mtn Range Trail
43.5760391953,
-73.5361031163		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Fishbrook Pond North Lean-To Leanto With Privy, Picnic Table And Fire Ring Fishbrook Pd-Lk Grg Shore Trl
43.5738720148,
-73.5384766731		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Fishbrook Pond South Lean-To Leanto With Privy, Picnic Table And Fire Ring Fishbrook Pd E Shore Trl
43.6473357817,
-73.5745337831		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Five Mile Mountain Lean-To Lean-To W/ Privy And Fire Ring Tongue Mtn Range Trail
43.5778037953,
-73.5168397538		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Greenland Pond Lean-To Leanto With Privy, Picnic Table And Fire Ring Greenland Pd Shelter Spur
43.5958213341,
-73.5179510245		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Lapland Pond Lean-To Campsite With Lean-To 13-27 Lapland Pond Lean-To Conector
43.5871682823,
-73.5277594231		 5 Lake George Wild Forest Millman Pond Lean-To Campsite With Lean-To 5-10 Old Farm To Millman Pond Trl
44.3214560457,
-74.0307860439		 5 Mckenzie Mtn. Wilderness Placid Lean-To
44.3442169075,
-73.9286469378		 5 Mckenzie Mtn. Wilderness White Face Brook Lean-To
43.7790246336,
-74.7044289121		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest 8th Lake Island Lean-To
43.7801152974,
-74.7044390115		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest 8th Lake North Shore
43.7897826664,
-74.6985922707		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest 8thlake East Shore Lean-To
43.8316711731,
-74.6617561796		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Beaver Bay Lean-To 1
43.8316049364,
-74.6615109228		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Beaver Bay Lean-To 2
43.8314336654,
-74.6609019165		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Beaver Bay Lean-To 3
43.7478050188,
-74.7441985068		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Seventh Lake Lean-To 1
43.7507665118,
-74.7346427944		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Seventh Lake Lean-To 2
43.7563901134,
-74.7178174969		 5 Moose River Plains Wild Forest Seventh Lake Lean-To 3
43.8145480145,
-73.5808194792		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Berrymill Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8384100119,
-73.5916749102		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Clear Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8412911595,
-73.6316882519		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Crab Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8223693677,
-73.5906397879		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Grizzle Ocean Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8492027141,
-73.6180024108		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Lillypad Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8500028762,
-73.5895397847		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Little Rock Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8405296779,
-73.6501782303		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Oxshoe Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.7945783128,
-73.6458567831		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #1 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.7966550547,
-73.6403349616		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #2 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8049450672,
-73.6240085371		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #3 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8049450672,
-73.6240085371		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #3 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8121074537,
-73.6282851829		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #4 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8021964679,
-73.6391689125		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Pharaoh Lake #5 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8505590671,
-73.5922949091		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Rock Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.8581713271,
-73.626483712		 5 Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Tubmill Marsh Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
44.3961331068,
-74.3704212658		 5 Saint Regis Canoe Area Fish Pond Site 2 Lean-To Saint Regis Mountain
44.3913013571,
-74.3658071555		 5 Saint Regis Canoe Area Fish Pond Site 5 Lean-To New Lean-To Built Sept. 2010,Relocated Further From Water
44.3808655111,
-74.3200340382		 5 Saint Regis Canoe Area St. Regis Pond Site 3 Lean-To Lean-To Too Close To Water, Need To Move Back When Major Work Is Needed
44.3250945507,
-74.3498966646		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Follensby Clear Lean-To
44.2866574735,
-74.1626018103		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Kiwasa Lake Site 3 Lean-To
44.3322955804,
-73.9566258523		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Lake Placid Site 2 Lean-To Lake Placid
44.3325954268,
-73.9566801194		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Lake Placid Site 3 Lean-To Lake Placid
44.2253525405,
-74.3803783852		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Raquette Lean-To Built In 2013 Relocated From Trombley Landing Site
44.3092299998,
-74.1801499997		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Saranac Islands Site 2 Lean-To
44.2890999998,
-74.2172199999		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Saranac Islands Site 45 Lean-To
44.2666999994,
-74.2447999995		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Saranac Islands Site 63 Lean-To
44.2729500004,
-74.27398		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Saranac Islands Site 81 Lean-To
44.2878799998,
-74.2885399997		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Saranac Islands Site 87 Lean-To
44.2287716477,
-74.3755334312		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Trombley Landing Lean-To
44.3028866826,
-74.3026336593		 5 Saranac Lakes Wild Forest Upper Saranac Lake Lean-To
43.8161997506,
-74.6446678086		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Big Island Lean-To 1
43.8170896757,
-74.6432509546		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Big Island Lean-To 2
43.8171339137,
-74.6437800321		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Big Island Lean-To 3
43.8707715776,
-74.6285067054		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Boucher Point Lean-To #1
43.8710064606,
-74.6281079204		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Boucher Point Lean-To #2
43.8707202965,
-74.629171869		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Boucher Point Lean-To #3
44.1027442039,
-74.321862706		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Deep Hole Lean-To
43.9262175397,
-74.4753958672		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Deerland Carry # 2 Lean-To Fair Condition
43.9257807189,
-74.4758457554		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Deerland Carry #1 Lean-To Fair Condition
43.9028470717,
-74.5480629364		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Forked Lake Lean-To
44.0814068183,
-74.3358291461		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Long Lake Nw Lean-To #1
44.0825043385,
-74.3339145725		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Long Lake Nw Lean-To #2
43.8593314968,
-74.5626945075		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Lower Sargents Pond Lean-To Fair Condition
43.8794136061,
-74.6060523536		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Outlet Bay Lean-To Hit By Tree, 2011
43.9066458928,
-74.5025901551		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Pinebrook Lean-To Fair Condition
43.8368984989,
-74.5352656022		 5 Sargent Ponds Wild Forest Utowana Lake Lean-To
44.3317122951,
-73.8997103538		 5 Sentinel Range Wilderness Copperas Pond Lean-To
43.2171873383,
-74.3641178087		 5 Shaker Mountain Wild Forest Chase Lake Lean-To
43.1885867657,
-74.4310218123		 5 Shaker Mountain Wild Forest Holmes Lake Lean-To
43.6161332228,
-74.1506253912		 5 Siamese Ponds Wilderness E. Sacandaga River Lean-To
43.7007731961,
-74.1581732825		 5 Siamese Ponds Wilderness Hour Pond Lean-To
43.7278247362,
-74.2012685562		 5 Siamese Ponds Wilderness John Pond Lean-To
43.6775543215,
-74.1916025718		 5 Siamese Ponds Wilderness Puffer Pond #1 Lean-To
43.6765395437,
-74.1997399401		 5 Siamese Ponds Wilderness Puffer Pond #2 Lean-To
43.3974135952,
-74.45529759		 5 Silver Lake Wilderness Hamilton Lake Stream #1 Lean-To
43.3426710732,
-74.4562907856		 5 Silver Lake Wilderness Mud Lake Lean-To
43.2919354568,
-74.4237351677		 5 Silver Lake Wilderness Silver Lake Lean-To
44.4897002134,
-73.8614267379		 5 Taylor Pond Wild Forest North Shore Taylor Pond Lean-To Managed By Operations
44.4776887718,
-73.881283087		 5 Taylor Pond Wild Forest Northwest Shore Taylor Pond Lean-To Managed By Operations
44.3997973549,
-73.5145569962		 5 Taylor Pond Wild Forest Poke-O-Moonshine Summit Lean-To
44.4828880086,
-73.8537772441		 5 Taylor Pond Wild Forest South East Taylor Pond Lean-To Managed By Operations
43.9326741166,
-73.9690844017		 5 Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Cheney Pond Lean-To
43.8387348153,
-73.9856219154		 5 Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest Stony Pond Lean-To
43.6259693968,
-74.5492715037		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Beaver Pond (AKA Cedar Lakes Lean-To #2)
43.6787448835,
-74.4954982188		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Carry Lean-To
43.628125665,
-74.5404732399		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Cedar Lakes #1 Lean-To
43.6084635843,
-74.559724172		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Cedar Lakes #3 Lean-To
43.6524139144,
-74.4903803529		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Colvin Brook Lean-To
43.5968984709,
-74.5316653645		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Pillsbury Lake Lean-To
43.5807608964,
-74.576533363		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Sampson Lake Lean-To
43.5872448097,
-74.6215788384		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness South Lake Lean-To
43.5272841126,
-74.6099246975		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Spruce Lake #1 Lean-To
43.5346306298,
-74.6080858031		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Spruce Lake #2 Lean-To
43.5371297279,
-74.608209628		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness Spruce Lake #3 Lean-To
43.4527175892,
-74.5822815394		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness T Lake Lean-To
43.586987614,
-74.613997971		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness West Canada Creek Lean-To
43.5931622288,
-74.6268866843		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness West Lake #1 Lean-To
43.5970642572,
-74.6231056496		 5 West Canada Lake Wilderness West Lake #2 Lean-To
43.5102617091,
-74.0492883971		 5 Wilcox Lake Wild Forest Lizard Pond Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.3363734227,
-74.2173211966		 5 Wilcox Lake Wild Forest Murphy Lake Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.396075559,
-74.1532214824		 5 Wilcox Lake Wild Forest Wilcox Lake #1 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
43.39859675,
-74.1554639493		 5 Wilcox Lake Wild Forest Wilcox Lake #2 Lean-To Digitized From National Geographic Map
44.0021452737,
-74.7756817712		 5 William C. Whitney Wilderness Lake Lila # 7 Lean-To
44.4244015852,
-73.8486868866		 5 Wilmington Wild Forest Cooper Kill Lean-To Too Close To Water, Need To Replocate, Do Not Repair
44.1070894301,
-75.0674448544		 6 Aldrich Pond Wild Forest Streeter Lake Lean-To Wood
43.7434886212,
-74.8776068003		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 01
43.7443528827,
-74.8771318496		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 02
43.7456011181,
-74.8768832894		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 03
43.7466942129,
-74.8745145576		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 04
43.746535972,
-74.8735980503		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 05
43.7467703384,
-74.8722666576		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 06
43.7465482669,
-74.8718037808		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 07
43.7458848539,
-74.8729191925		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 08
43.7454701717,
-74.8727721949		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 09
43.7450840439,
-74.8725955649		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 10
43.744783668,
-74.8724088972		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 11
43.7441622435,
-74.8727256743		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 12
43.7440135576,
-74.8739878218		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 13
43.7431429387,
-74.875172598		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 14
43.7428736074,
-74.8760835968		 6 Alger Island Campground Campsite # 15
43.6000735406,
-75.0530032053		 6 Black River Wild Forest Bear Lake Lean-To
43.5245079024,
-75.0409215605		 6 Black River Wild Forest Chub Pond #1 Lean-To Rehabbed In 2008
43.5298225654,
-75.0424937056		 6 Black River Wild Forest Chub Pond #2 Lean-To Built By Lean-To Permit 1963, Taken Care Of By Plumley Family
43.5537469236,
-75.059377614		 6 Black River Wild Forest Gull Lake Lean-To
43.5341150034,
-74.9280935302		 6 Black River Wild Forest Lean-To
43.6299248982,
-75.0362877527		 6 Black River Wild Forest Remsen Falls Lean-To Rehabbed In 2008
43.5589136946,
-75.0030576033		 6 Black River Wild Forest Sand Lake Falls Lean-To Rehabbed In 2008
43.5998849075,
-75.0203817469		 6 Black River Wild Forest Woodhull Lake Lean-To Rehabbed In 2008, Double Sized Lean-To
43.6520754244,
-75.0592470923		 6 Black River Wildforest Nelson Lake Trail Lean-To
43.3445446485,
-75.6722203255		 6 Cobb Brook State Forest Leanto
44.1990987752,
-74.8148790735		 6 Cranberry Lake Wild Forest Bear Mountain Lean-To
44.2105729246,
-74.7181527787		 6 Cranberry Lake Wild Forest Burntbridge Pond Lean-To
44.1533999108,
-74.8840290725		 6 Cranberry Lake Wild Forest Ranger School Lean-To Campsite 41 Aka Inlet Flow Lean-To
44.0529214425,
-74.9471939334		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Big Shallow Lean-To Cs 30
44.0528916324,
-75.0090580588		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Cage Lake Lean-To
44.0931113064,
-74.8498397365		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Cowhorn Pond Lean-To
44.1123581654,
-74.8914922468		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Janacks Landing Lean-To With Full Sized Privy
44.0474525004,
-74.9526919257		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Little Shallow Lean-To Cs 30
44.1198328093,
-74.8454890242		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Olmstead Pond Lean-To With Full Sized Privy
44.0689970407,
-74.9112845696		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Oswegatchie River Site 13 Lean-To Cs 13 Lt
44.0688665373,
-74.9093532798		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Oswegatchie River Site 15 Lean-To Cs 15 Lt
44.0746275016,
-74.9613775006		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Oswegatchie River Site 34 Lean-To Cs 34 Lt
44.0843538607,
-74.9687312803		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Oswegatchie River Site 38 Lean-To Cs 38 Lt
44.0154640897,
-75.0054753701		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Sand Lake Lean-To Cs 30
43.9284894776,
-74.9448704212		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Trout Pond Lean-To
43.9284894776,
-74.9448704212		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Trout Pond Lean-To
44.0299676783,
-74.9801386129		 6 Five Ponds Wilderness Wolf Lake Lean-To Cs 30
43.7029255425,
-75.0960024266		 6 Haderondah Middle Branch Lake Lean-To
43.6859486954,
-75.0986138399		 6 Haderondah Middle Settlement Lake Lean-To
44.1511613292,
-74.5657606156		 6 Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest Black Bay Lean-To Checked 11/2015
44.196860294,
-74.5121752893		 6 Horseshoe Lake Wild Forest Eagle Landing Lean-To Tupper Lake Site #5
43.8235350455,
-75.1693122081		 6 Independence River Wild Forest Panther Pond Lean-To
43.7083935125,
-75.14645298		 6 Independence River Wild Forest Pine Lake Lean-To
43.8089062032,
-75.474955964		 6 Lowville Demonstration Area Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area
43.8558345419,
-74.804220953		 6 Pigeon Lake Wilderness Andes Creek Lean-To
43.8575116443,
-74.8252446695		 6 Pigeon Lake Wilderness Gull Lake Lean-To
43.8764050748,
-74.7655286668		 6 Pigeon Lake Wilderness Lower Sister Lake Lean-To
43.8421644493,
-74.8055993839		 6 Pigeon Lake Wilderness Russian Lake Lean-To
43.8139160683,
-74.7983685471		 6 Pigeon Lake Wilderness Area Queer Lake Lean-To Campsite With Lean-To
43.8348742486,
-75.8607286637		 6 Tug Hill State Forest Electric Loop Lean-Too Wooden Lean-Too Built In 1982, By Steve Wood Troop 7
44.3578220602,
-75.3160008277		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Beaver Flow Lean-To Beaver Flow Leanto
44.3242717044,
-75.3337383742		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Huckleberry Lake Lean-To Huckleberry Lake Leanto
44.3322757137,
-75.3211717792		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Moon Pond Lean-To Moon Lake Leanto
44.3322757137,
-75.3211717792		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Moon Pond Lean-To Moon Lake Leanto
44.3322757137,
-75.3211717792		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Moon Pond Lean-To Moon Lake Leanto
44.3322757137,
-75.3211717792		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Moon Pond Lean-To Moon Lake Leanto
44.3363136709,
-75.313863327		 6 Wolf Lake State Forest Wolf Lake Lean-To Wolf Lake Leanto
42.746653083,
-75.3797255193		 7 Charles E. Baker State Forest Trail 17 Lean-To Primitive Campsite With Fire Pit
42.7627233838,
-75.379619514		 7 Charles E. Baker State Forest Woodland Pond Lean-To Primitive Campsite With Hore Tie Rail And Fire Pit
42.3270424066,
-76.4900608723		 7 Danby State Forest Chestnut Lean-To
42.3176423354,
-76.4225442513		 7 Danby State Forest Tamarack Lean-To
42.8201846305,
-75.8591052772		 7 Deruyter State Forest Deruyter Lean-To
42.4228873052,
-75.7674346807		 7 Genegantslet State Forest Top Ten Lean-To 20′ X 20′ Log Cabin
42.4728525684,
-76.1787322193		 7 Kennedy State Forest Foxfire Lean-To
42.4458019158,
-75.7015069607		 7 Ludlow Creek State Forest Ludlow Creek Lean-To 8′ X 10′ Constructed 2002
42.723126977,
-75.8709545002		 7 Mariposa State Forest Mariposa Finger Lakes Lean-To
42.7672022335,
-76.0112561891		 7 Morgan Hill State Forest Morgan Hill Lean-To
42.6423073773,
-75.7437663179		 7 Perkins Pond State Forest Flt Lean-To Lean-To
42.3905962266,
-76.2718006242		 7 Robinson Hollow State Forest Kimme Lean-To
42.3276442724,
-76.3290355678		 7 Shindagin Hollow State Forest Shindagin Lean-T0 Scheduled For Replacement In 2004
42.5122011517,
-76.1208238604		 7 Tuller Hill State Forest Woodchuck Hollow Lean-To Rebuilt In 2002 From Local State Forest Red Pine, Built By Volunteers From Suny Cortland
42.6060629372,
-75.4671141039		 7 Whaupaunaucau State Leanto
42.3132130609,
-77.5663734584		 8 Burt Hill State Forest On Finger Lake Trail Lean-To
42.625051213,
-77.3586638233		 8 High Tor Wma High Tor North Lean-To Campsite With Stone Firepit And Privy Updated By Emily Bonk Forest Tech
42.6146971076,
-77.3661109424		 8 High Tor Wma High Tor South Lean-To Campsite With Firepit And Privy Updated By Emily Bonk Forest Tech
42.0965007548,
-77.1964378403		 8 Mccarthy Hill State Forest Mccarthy Hill Leanto Built By Fltc 2012
42.2891155929,
-77.1188809327		 8 South Bradford State Forest Moss Hill Lean-To
42.3730816642,
-76.9554800047		 8 Sugar Hill State Forest Buck Settlement Lean-To Built 2006 By Fltc
42.369515888,
-77.0127591279		 8 Sugar Hill State Forest Parks Hollow Lean-To
42.3690917205,
-77.0130036276		 8 Sugar Hill State Forest Parks Hollow Lean-To Log Built 2011
42.3822533326,
-77.0026799995		 8 Sugar Hill State Forest The Twin Lean-To’s 2 Lean-To At This Location
42.3898077706,
-76.9725898373		 8 Sugar Hill State Forest Vanzandt Lean-To
42.3340314562,
-78.532889311		 9 Boyce Hill State Forest Flt Lean To Log Lean To Built In 2012 By Flt Club
42.53472215,
-73.9623319605		 Cabins
42.3492343019,
-77.8075299409		 Flt

Lean-To Side

This lists out the 331 lean-tos with coordinates in the DEC's April 2017 release of Points of Interest Shapefile, that can be obtained from here: http://gis.ny.gov/gisdata/inventories/member.cfm?OrganizationID=529

December 20, 2016 Night

Well by the time you wake up in the morning it will officially be winter. Today was cool but without much of a breeze and adequate clothing it was bearable. Tonight isn’t too bad but with a slight breeze we do have a slight wind chill around 14. Mercury wise we are at 26, which is much warmer than this morning. Times of clouds and stars tonight. 

Kaaterskill Falls was quite nice. It was so cold this morning with temperatures in the single digits that I almost stayed home. I didn’t leave for the Catskills until after lunch time and was primarily planning on just taking a drive. I canceled my plans for Overlook Mountain as I was afraid it would be icy and truly frigid up top. I’ve watched many a December sunset up there on many cold nights. On a weekday that mountain tends to be pretty empty. 

But with enough layers it was plenty warm for hiking and I almost had the new Kaaterskill Falls overlook and trails to myself. I’m sure on a warm, sunny summer day that area is now packed. The trails and overlook are nice, although I do think the area is getting a bit too over developed for forest preserve. With the rock stairway blasted into the mountains and trails blasted into the side of the falls, seems more like a park then wilderness in the form of forest preserve. I worry that the extensive development will only produce more overuse and more stupid and risky behavior as the falls and they’ll have to reduce public access. 

I wish I had gotten an earlier start but I poked around at home, as I wish I could have seen more of the Kaaterskill Rail  Trail. Get some good snow and the trail would be perfect for cross country  skiing. Nice and flat, pretty woods  and not right at the edge of the escarpment so you don’t have to worry about losing control and plunging to your death. Need a decent amount of snow to avoid the ties which stick up in parts of the trail. The falls probably aren’t going away. 

Tonight will be partly cloudy, getting down to 22 degrees at 5am. For the last night of the year in Delmar, that’s pretty reasonable. One degree above normal. South wind 6 to 9 mph. In 2015, it got down to 33 degrees with periods of rain. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1942. People complain about the arctic blast lately but it could be a lot colder. Just imagine living in a poorly heated cold water flat in Downtown Albany in 1942 in December with temperatures 18 below… 

Last Quarter Moon tonight with 49% illuminated. The moon will rise around 10:51 pm. The New Moon is a week  Wednesday night with mostly cloudy skies expected. No late December star gazing for you. Maybe next week.

After playing hookie today, back to work through Friday. It was a nice to get away for a day. I don’t have any more vacation time remaining before the end of the year. But Monday is a state holiday! I might go camping Christmas Day to Monday based on weather. In the meantime, tomorrow is going to a nice first day of winter.  

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 36 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees above normal. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. I would have taken tomorrow off instead of the much colder and clouds today but I have the Save the Pine Bush dinner to go to in the city after work. A year ago, we had rain and a high of 48 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1957. 6.6 inches of snow fell back in 2008. The sun will rise at 7:22 am with the first light at 6:50 am, which is 31 seconds later then yesterday. I believe it’s the latest sunset of the year but I’d have to check. 

Looking ahead, Inauguration Day is in 2 months, Valentines Day is in 8 weeks, Presidents Day is in 3 months, Spring is in 13 weeks, Average High is 50 is in 14 weeks, Tax Day is in 17 weeks, Average High is 70 is in 21 weeks and Independence Day is in 28 weeks.

November 17, 2016 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. One week out from Thanksgiving. Mostly sunny and 43 degrees in Chautauqua Gorge. Quickly warming up now that the sun has risen over the horizon. Calm wind. Not a bad morning but everything is covered with a heavy frost from yesterday’s rain. 

Enjoying a nice cup of coffee in the toasty warm tent before I take things down, get washed up and changed. The sun really didn’t reach the horizon over the hill to the east of me until 8 AM. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 54 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees above normal. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Last year, mostly sunny with a high around 48. The record high of 73 was set in 1928. There was 2.8 inches of snow back in 1992.

Heading off to Mayville to get gas once I take down camp. Then I will stop along the lake and visit some state forests, heading south to Tiodate, PA. There is an overlook there I want to see then I will probably camp in the middle part of the Allegheny National Forest and then figure out if I will visit the Elk or the Pine Creek Gorge on Friday. Saturday it’s straight back to Albany. 

The sun will set at 4:54 pm with dusk around 5:24 pm, which is 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 41 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 59 seconds over yesterday. Loosing less than two minutes of daylight now. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 46 degrees at 7pm. Very mild for November, warming up as the night progresses. 15 degrees above normal. South wind around 14 mph. One year ago, partly cloudy with a low around 22. The record low of 10 occurred back in 1972.

As I previously noted, we are one week out  until Thanksgiving when the sun will be setting at 4:49 pm with dusk at 5:20 pm. The average high temperature is 44 degrees, with a record high of 70 in 2014. Not sure if it will be 

November 16, 2016 6 PM Update

Good evening! Today was a dreary day, kind of a cold, wet miserable day to be traveling, taking down  and setting up camp. Rain showers and 47 degrees in Chautauqua Gorge State Forest. There is a west breeze at 14 mph. The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

Camping tonight at Chautauqua Gorge, which is much less scenic and impressive then you might think but I wanted to visit Chautauqua County as its been years since I’ve been out here. The shelters and especially campsite eight is quite nice. It should be quite pretty tomorrow. 

Checked out Cattaraugus State Forest, including one of the designated campsites, which really isn’t that impressive. But it chewed up some time as the cold rain came down. Then drove part of the Cattaraugus Amish Trail down to Cherry Creek. It was kind of interesting to see all the Amish farms, although they really are all over rural New York. Then Waze took me on a rather lengthy and crazy route to Chautauqua Gorge, running me up to Fredonia. Rain and fog didn’t give me much of a view as I traversed the vast countryside of Northern Chautauqua County. 

I misplaced my card reader, so I am unable to upload most of my photos. I  think I’d rather upload higher resolution photos then the Instagram ones. I usually like to take them on my stand alone camera then transfer them to the phone or upload them to the blog directly. 

So the next few days will likely be very text heavy with few new photo or map posts… 

I bought a second MicroSD card for the dashboard camera, as I was low on space and the first part of vacation drive was starting get overwritten on the card. While I won’t keep all the hours of dash cam video, I want to keep and share on YouTube the most scenic parts of the trip. It would be fun to look back at my drive and the memories of the trip. Often it’s hard to get photos  of the most scenic and interesting parts of the trip but I still want to revisit the trip later on. 

Tonight will have patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy with occasional showers, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low of 39 degrees at 5am. The stars are starting to come out. Eight degrees above normal. A bit breezy with a west  wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. One year ago, mostly clear with a low around 26. The record low of 7 occurred back in 1972.

Waning Gibbous Moon tonight with 80% illuminated. The moon will rise around 6:22 pm. The Last Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with chance of snow showers expected. The Full “Cold” Moon is in 4 weeks. I’m sure it will be cold. 

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high of 56 degrees at 1pm. Nine degrees above normal. Should be a nice day. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Last year, mostly sunny with a high around 48. The record high of 73 was set in 1928. There was 2.8 inches of snow back in 1992.

Tomorrow I think I will explore a few places in Chautauqua County, maybe Chautauqua Lake, some of the state forests, maybe go up to Lake Erie. I was originally going to spend two nights camping here, but being that I want to be fairly far east come Saturday morning so I can avoid accumulating snow 

Friday might reach 70 degrees under sunny skies. I will probably be in Pennsylvania on Friday. I’m thinking about but aren’t certain about going down to the Elk Country in Pennsylvania to see the elk. They are probably out grazing with the coming bad weather. I could camp at the Austin Dam Campground. Or maybe I could camp at the campground in Wellsboro. Both are $10 and get me halfway across the state. I wouldn’t mind a good walk along the Pine Creek rail trail. That would be less driving. I could overnight in New York State but I’d rather not be in the woods the night before Big Game season. 

Then the weather goes down hill for the weekend. Saturday, showers likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. I will probably head home on Saturday, leaving early in the morning. Probably will truck cap camp rather than setting up a hot tent so I can get an early start. 

Sunday, snow showers or possibly snow. Some models show 6-8 inches of snow. I certainly don’t want to deal with that in the back country. High near 35. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. I think that weather is best spent at home. Plus I have a lot of dirty gear to clean and put away. 

Typical average high for the weekend is 47 degrees.

Then Monday it’s back to work at my old job in Albany. I will enjoy taking the bus downtown in the morning and the time it gives me to think and blog. I have a great view of the Capitol and downtown from my office. I do need to shave. I haven’t shaved since I left last week and I have a pretty good beard at this point. Right now it looks pretty outlaw like with thick stubble on my face. 

In four weeks on December 14 the sun will be setting at 4:47 pm, which is 8 minutes earlier then tonight. The average high is 36 degrees, and the record for that date is 63 degrees was set back in 1901.

April 12, 2016 Evening

Good evening. Seeing that blue sky tonight is nice, but it is chilly with that breeze. It’s 49 degrees and party cloudy with a stiff northwest breeze going 16 miles per hour with gusts pushing 30. Windchill is at 43 degrees but it feels cold then that, even with the sun. The blue skies and green grass are pleasing to the eye, even if it’s chilly this evening. Waxing Crescent Moon tonight with about 40% illuminated. The moon will be setting around 11:30 PM tonight. So if you bundle up, plenty of time to enjoy the moon.

Tonight will be  partly cloudy and blustery with a low of 30 degrees. Sunset at 7:35 PM tonight. Probably too cold to go down to the park tonight, especially with that bone chilling weather. But the cold won’t last, and the wind is expected to die down around 2 AM. Tomorrow, sunny and 55 degrees, about 2 degrees below normal. The long range shows only sunny skies, with temperatures on Thursday in the upper 50s, then 60s and 70s through at least Tuesday. That’s pretty typical for the second half of April, which will be upon us starting Friday. It seems like time goes by quickly.

Five Weeks from now is Pack Rat Day. With an average high of 70 degrees on that day, it’s perfect weather for a good bonfire. Clean out your closet and enjoy a nice roaring fire. You can’t go wrong with that if you live out in the sticks. Things should green up well by then so the fire risk will be low.

Speaking of fire, I’m a bit undecided about my weekend plans. I have the 40 Karner Road clean up on Saturday morning. I’m wavering on going camping out at a local state forest. A nice campfire would be nice. It’s going to be warm for sure. But still it’s a lot of work to pack and unpack for one nights camping. I might just be better off going down to the park with a book and put off camping until it becomes even more summer like.

Two weeks I’ll be leaving for vacation. I am thinking about leaving from work for vacation and just buying firewood so I have it for the first night. I’m increasingly looking at the Finger Lakes for the vacation, and maybe one night down at the Pine Creek Gorge, depending on when spring comes. I might consider taking US 20 along the northern Finger Lakes and heading south, but that still to be decided. I like Wellsboro and the gorge is probably pretty in spring time. I wonder what kind of cold water fishing opportunities for trout exist in northern Tioga County, it’s something that I need to research.

Tomorrow I got to drop off my sportscoat off for dry cleaning, something that should have happened a month ago. But at least no dressing up for work until May 3rd, so I ain’t complaining. It’s remarkable to think May isn’t that far away.

Have a good evening.

October 18, 2015 morning

Good morning. It’s sunny and around 28 degrees in Wellsboro. Last night certainly was chilly, with the first hard frost to hit the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania with temperatures dropping into the low 20s.

Today, as I post this note, my eight day road trip comes to an end. Or as they say, all good things must come to an end. I still have a four hours or so road trip home but my camping gear has been packed one last time. The memories will last forever, but it is done. Things will get unpacked once I get home, at least for a few weeks. I am already thinking of a November trip to the North Country of New York around Massena. Small game hunting and enjoying the November weather.

Friday night I went back to West Virginia and camped at the Camp Run Campground off of the beautiful Sweedin Valley in the George Washington National Forest. Camp Run is free but rustic along an old dirt road. No cellphone service or much radio reception as this part of West Virginia is in a National Dark Zone where commercial radio broadcasting is restricted due to the very sensitive outer space telescope that exists in this area.

Prior to setting up camp on Friday night I came up from the Blue Ridge Parkway via US Route 220 through Virginia then West Virginia. Parts of US Route 220 were nice cruising in the valleys. The section from Covington to Hot Springs was less fun with steep hills and lots of sharp curves. At least this road was wide a bit without shoulders. The waterfalls outside of Hot Springs was pretty neat. Hot Springs and Warm Springs was home to many great mansions and old estate. North of Warm Springs was a narrow but beautiful agricultural valley, mostly chicken raisers and beef producers. I don’t think I saw a dairy farm the whole time I was in Virginia or West Virginia.The long chicken barns, corn fields and the alike dotted the landscape. A lot of beef operations in parts. Although, now that I think of it I remember seeing and smelling some dairies in the Shenandoah Valley near Harrison.

Spent some time in Buchanan, VA mostly to get gasoline and mail post cards from the Blue Ridge Parkway to home. Seems silly but I wanted to have a few postcards that were postmarked from the southern most leg of my trip in Virginia, so I could keep as a memory from the trip. Buchanan was a cute mountain town for sure. The Buchanan swinging bridge – an old suspension pedestrian bridge over the James River was pretty neat.

At Camp Run I spent the evening with several locals and others who have been camping up there for decades – literally since the late 1970s. It was interesting to hear from their experiences and local knowledge of West Virginia. They knew basically every campsite up there. It was great getting to know some true blue West Virginians.

Yesterday I continued up US Route 220 into Pennsylvania and eventually north to Lockhaven and eventually onto PA 287 to Wellsboro. Decided to overnight at Asaph Run, which is near the Pine Creek Gorge. There is one other group of campers down the way. I thought about going down and introducing myself but  I’m tired and by the time I cooked dinner and got a roaring fire going I was almost ready for bed. Saw these great looking meatballs at a grocery store in West Virginia and decided I would cook up spaghetti and meatballs on this frigid mid-fall evening. Now this isn’t the coldest weather I have camped at during the year but somehow after a long hot summer things seemed to cool off so quickly.

The drive back through Maryland was no more pleasant then my first trip on down through it. US Route 220 is flatter and somewhat straighter then 219, but it’s still pokey through Keyser and Cumberland Maryland. Cumberland sucks as US Route 220 goes concurrently with I-68 through what has to be the worst part of that expressway – a steep and tight turn as the expressway rams right through Cumberland in a section where the expressway drops to 40 MPH before resuming to 70. US Route 220 becomes I-99 in Pennsylvania just past the Pennsylvania Turnpike, although it’s obvious that Maryland has already done the grading for the future extension of I-99 to I-68. It will be great when both US Route 219 and 220 will be fully upgraded to expressways in Pennsylvania.

I found I-99 to be boring after a while and decided I had to get off it to explore the surrounding farm country. I see signs for Blue Knob State Park and decided I had to explore it. Turns out it was farther away from the expressway than expected and moreover was mostly just a ski resort with minimal views. You could see snow falling from the sky but it was not sticking to the ground.

My phone GPS promptly took me back to I-99 but I chose to stay on Business US Route 220, which promptly took me through congested Holidaysburg. I was not happy. Got back on I-99 and stayed on it until it runs into I-80. No direction from there were to go, finally got on I-80 east and wanted to get off it as soon as possible as there was a ton of truck traffic and the 70 mph speed limit. Took PA 287 to Wellsboro were I spent the night camping. It was cold but quiet and nice. Went to bed early and slept in for that last leg of the trip home.

This morning I’m at Colton Point State Park, the West Rim of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. I’ve been here many times before but I figured with my stop over here, I had to visit.

Have a great day!