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August 16, 2019 8 AM Update

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Two weeks to Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭. Cloudy, humid and 65 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees. I’m kind of dripping from the sweat 😰 walking down to the express bus. The skies will clear Sunday around 7 pm.

I went to bed early last night and got up early today 🌅 thinking I would finish packing and then hit up the grocery store and then head to the Adirondacks after work. 💭 Looking at the forecast this morning I changed my mind as Saturday doesn’t look great up north so instead I think I will get up early tomorrow and head north.

That way I’ll only be gone three nights so I expect the ice will last and I won’t have to worry about moving my campsite after three nights. ⛺ I don’t expect a lot of people up north tomorrow being it expected to be cloudy and mid August when few people vacation. This way too I can head up on Saturday morning when traffic is light, not have to set up gear in the darkness or buy firewood. Money is a bit tight so everywhere I can save a few bucks it helps.

It will be four days at the potholers through Tuesday cooling off 😎. Should be nice to lay back on the hammock with a cold one and a book 📙 and be off the grid for a few days. Have nice fires every night 🔥, listen to music 🎶 as loud as I want, maybe set up targets and shoot guns. 🎯 Basically just get away from it for a few days.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny ⛅ , with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 69 at 3pm. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1936.

The sun will set at 7:55 pm with dusk around 8:25 pm, which is one minute and 30 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 68 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 51 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 35 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 68 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 69 at 6pm. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was very sticky. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1979.

Today in 1916, the Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed. 🐦 It was designed to save Migratory Birds by giving them international protection for the first time by placing limits on hunting and other means of taking. Gotta buy your duck stamp if your hunting migratory birds.

In 1989, a solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips,☀ leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market. I notice with my display that I built in my bedroom, sometimes in humid weather I have a lot of errors, although in the winter I have less. Not sure if that’s humidity causing shorts and bad connections or if its the lack of shielding on the wires.

Also, in 1993, Debian Linux is announced, it would become the basis of many forms of Linux like Ubuntu Linux, 💻 which is currently what I run on my home computer.

And in 1966, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. 👺The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around August 9th. Maximum dew point of 72 at 1pm. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1913.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, ☀ with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 70 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

The plan is next weekend to stay in town. 🏡 But this weekend I’ll head north. I might take the Friday off before Memorial Day Weekend, although it depends if I can get coverage for my clients at work. I also want to take some time off in September and October plus the week before Columbus Day off. Labor Day Weekend I was originally planning on Piseco-Powley Road, but maybe I’ll do what I did last year with that campsite I really like on Jessup River Road or maybe I’ll head back to Vermont. Depends on the forecast.🏕

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:01 pm. On that day in 2018, we had humid, partly sunny and temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 78 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1953.

August 10, 2019 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 55 degrees at the Burnt-Rossman State Forest. ☔ There is a west-northwest breeze occasionally reaching 9 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. A pretty nice evening maybe a bit cool but we are starting to get towards autumn and it’s expected to warm up more come Sunday.

Hiking Hunter Mountain was nice 🗼 and there are some really great views from the tower. As I noted earlier, the restored old Rangers Cabin is amazing and the view is great. A lot of people there but the Spruce Horse Trail was relatively quiet. It’s a nice hike from that direction especially figuring I’m a bit out of shape these days as I’ve not been doing as much walking 🚶 recently but I plan to do more in the coming weeks.

Then I enjoyed visiting Pratt Rock which despite spending so much time in the Northern Catskills ⛲ I had never visited. It’s a short but very steep and somewhat slippery – dangerous hike to the top but great views from the summit and the historic carvings are neat although the whole area is a bit shabby and could use some rehab and maybe some blazes on the trail and a hike map.

This morning I went out to breakfast 🍳 with the parents and didn’t have much packed so I didn’t get a real early start. I am a slow hiker and I spent a lot of time at Hunter Mountain overlook do by time I was off Pratt Rock it was after 7 pm with camp more than a half hour away so it was a bit of hurry to get up there but I got the campsite I wanted and had enough time to gather firewood before dark so it all worked out.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌃, with a low of 49 degrees at 4am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 22nd. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 64 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1941.

It was cloudy and sprinkling a bit when I set up camp but it’s cleared up a bit now. ✨ Fair number of stars although the moon is blocking some out with its light. 🎑 Full moon isn’t that far off – next week. 🌕 Having a beer or two 🍻 and soon I’m going to retire to my truck for the night. 🌃 Didn’t do the hammock tonight because its a bit cool tonight and this site which was recently logged doesn’t have a lot of places to hang a hammock. I also wanted to keep camp simple as I want to sleep in tomorrow but have camp that’s relatively easy to take down so I have time to fish 🐠 before heading to Mine Kill to swim. 🏊

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 89% illuminated. The moon will set at 2:13 am. The 🌕 is on Wednesday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 6:00 am with the first light at 5:29 am, which is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 25 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 13th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 6pm. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Might actually be a bit cool tomorrow at Mine Kill State Park. 🏊 Good though for hiking. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1944.

In four weeks on September 7 the sun will be setting at 7:21 pm,🌄 which is 44 minutes and 42 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 76 and 55 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1945.

If I had known how cloudy today would have been I’d probably stay home 🏡 but I enjoyed Hunter and Pratt Rock regardless. Summer is rapidly fading away so I should maximize it before it’s gone. 😔 It was kind of fun to drive through Greenville and Durham again but it kind of saddens me how much it’s changed in two decades and maybe how much I’ve changed. Every time I visit my old hometown I feel like Rip Van Winkle. 👴 The are so beautiful overlooking the hick town I grew up in. Unfortunately the world 🌍 of my childhood no longer exists. Maybe I should stop by the old Town Park and watch the ducks from the gazebo as I once did years ago at lunch.

I do like the small towns and the rural poor at least by the economic standards of the urban elite. I really like the dirty life, the hobby farmer in the trailer or rundown house. 🏡 It’s so much better of a life than the surburbanite life with the vinyl siding and perfect chemical treated lawn. Poor people don’t waste as much as the comfortable surburbanite.

Looking ahead, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 2 weeks and Average High 70 🎑 is in 6 weeks.

July 26, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Five weeks to Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭. Mostly sunny and 62 degrees at the Klipnocky State Forest outside of Canasserga in Allegany County. Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees. 🌻

This is a very good pleasant morning on the Friday before vacation ends, relaxing a bit with some coffee ☕ and eggs 🍳 before I take down camp and head down to Allegany State Park. That’s over an hour away, as it’s quite a ways to the west in Cattaraugus County. The far western edge of Allegany County borders Allegany State Park but they’re large counties and Quaker Lake is on the far side of the park, almost in Chautauqua County. 🏊

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 60 at 10am. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1963.

I think today for a little while I will shun the blue highway 🚙 in favor of the Southern Tier Expressway as the part I’m planning to go on basically bypasses a lot of small towns and the local road parallels it. Plus it will save a lot of time and I’ll have plenty of time to drive through little hick towns in Pennsylvania. 🚜 I’m going to continue snapping pictures with my dash cam and will be posting even more pictures with my big camera later on. 📷

The sun will set at 8:37 pm with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 59 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 14 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 57 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 60 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 14th. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8pm. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1977.

Letchworth State Park was fun ⛲ as was seeing many of the small Western NY farm towns. 🚜 I forgot about the unique smell of the Genesee Valley – the faint but constant smell of dairy land 🐮 – the fermented grasses and silage, the spread manure. 💩 Some farms where on their second cutting of hay at this point so they were fertilizing for the autumn cut. 🌾 I didn’t care much for the Harvey Pool at Letchworth 🏊 – it was only four feet deep and the facilities were old and run down. The central lounge was pretty but the outdoor changing rooms were strange and lacked privacy. It was still nice to poke around the park for about four hours.

Didn’t see any hairy women 🚺 camping up in the Klipnocky Woods but it was a pleasant night in a good, very quiet campsite. Lower Gas Springs Road is very rough but Klipnocky Road isn’t too bad. ⛺ The campsite was quite nice but not a lot of trees to hang stuff but I did find a location for my hammock and the stars ✨ were nice.

On this day in 2007, Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy. 🐃Preventing the spread of bovine TB is probably much more important then some religious tradition. 👹And in 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. It would be one step in many in protecting the rights of minorities in our country.👍

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 84 degrees at 3pm. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 64 at 11am. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1955.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. West wind 9 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 66 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees.

One month 📅 from now will be National Dog Day 🐩 when the sun will be setting at 7:54 pm with dusk at 8:24 pm. The sun will set even earlier back in Albany compared to the Klipnocky Wilds.

July 20, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Ugly Truck Day 🚚! Humid, damp, overcast and around 74 degrees at the Cherry Ridge Camping Area. ⛅ There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 69 degrees. So far the weather on vacation hasn’t been really inspiring. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

I am actually hoping that the sun comes out earlier ☀ even though it will be hot just because I like nice sunny days and it will recharge the batteries and be nice when I get to the Taughannock Beach this afternoon before heading up to the National Forest tonight. I’ll doubt I’ll get the campsite I like up there tonight but I figure Sunday night it will be available and I’ll probably camp there through Wednesday and then for Thursday night head out west to Allegany County.

Today will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny ☀, with a high of 88 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 74 at 12pm. Heat index values as high as 97. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1991.

The sun will set at 8:34 pm with dusk around 9:07 pm, which is 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, watch out for thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 83 degrees. The dew point will be 74 degrees. The heat index around sunset will be 85. ⛱ Definitely muggy but not as bad as in the city. There will be a west breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 52 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 71 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 74 at 6pm. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 64 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1974.

Replacement burner on the camp stove is working well. 🔥 I do need to stop this morning and get some deodorant and clothes pins, the later I forget to buy on Thursday. I’m going to take US 20 out to Montezuma and get my mom some wine 🍷 and then head south on NY 414 to Trumansburg to swim. 🏊 Air conditioning will feel nice in the truck.

On this day in 1969, Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. 🌕 Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, well at least in England. Us Americans would get to watch it the next day due to the time zone difference.

July 15, 2019 Night

Good evening! Partly clear under the full moon 🌕 and 71 degrees in Delmar. Calm wind. The dew point is 58 degrees. It is beautiful moonlit night before the heat and humidity really kicks in later in the week.

I got some nice fresh and cold milk from Stewart’s, 🐮 and I appreciated the local cows with some fresh blueberries and cherries 🍒. I liked the blueberries but I guess the cherries I bought where only modestly sweet. I thought about buying ice cream but this is a healthier option. It was a nice reward after a pleasant evening walk. 🚶

Been working on Save the Pine Bush stuff at the library, doing research and recreating tax maps for a project for Save the Pine Bush. Some of those metes and bounds for the Crossgates parcel are tough to reproduce. 🌐 The metes are hard to find the reference point of the imaginary lines, and the bounds often follow detailed building edges. And it’s a shit ton of parcels. But I’m making progress. 🌲I’ll be back at it Wednesday night, as tomorrow night I’m over at John Wolcott house for his history project and file sorting. 📂 I’m thinking if a print the tax maps (probably after breaking the county’s silly print disable – Linux don’t care 🐧), and download the underlying OrthoPhoto geotiff, then I can probably work on it one day at camp off line.

Tomorrow marks 50 years since the first departure from the earth to the moon. 🚀 While only 24 human beings would ever walk on the moon, it was a remarkable accomplishment that was probably abandoned much too early in our history only three years later in December 1972. Some people are skeptical about the moon landings, it only happened six times by man before getting the congressional axe. ✂

I should see if PBS or one of the other YouTube channels will have a special I can watch about Apollo 11. 🎑 It would be fun to watch on the laptop while I’m at camp during vacation. That said by the time on my trip it should be the last quarter moon 🌓 so it should be good for looking at the stars assuming that I have clear nights up at Foster Pond. 🌟 Maybe see some shooting stars.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 59 degrees at 6am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 21st. Maximum dew point of 58 at 10pm. Light southwest wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1946.

Tonight will have a Full Buck Moon 🌕 with 99% illuminated. The sun will rise at 5:31 am with the first light at 4:58 am, which is 51 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and one minute of darkness, an increase of one minute and 29 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 86 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees above normal. That’s like a hot summer day with humidity pushing in tomorrow. Maximum dew point of 67 at 6pm. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 96 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1900.

So I have the camping permit 🎫 for camping in Wellsboro Thursday through Saturday nights but I don’t have to camp all those nights. It’s just an option, although I’ll probably stay at least one night as I don’t want to drive all the way back from the Allegheny National Forest in one day and I’d like to hike at least part of the Pine Creek Gorge trail. 🚶 I wish I had a working bicycle, that’s a good way to explore it.

I’m still on the fence about leaving Friday night versus Saturday morning. If I leave Friday night I will be out in the Finger Lakes by Saturday afternoon as I’ll stay at Brookfield on Friday night and drive the rest of the way on Saturday. 🏊 Probably take old Route Twenty out through Montezuma as mom wants me to get her wine 🍷 and I like avoiding both Cortland and Ithaca going that way. If I leave Saturday, I’ll go to Glimmerglass State Park Beach on Otsego Lake, then Brookfield Saturday night, and get to the Finger Lakes National Forest later on Sunday night, when I think it’s most likely that I can get the Chicken Co-op Campsite that my GPS likes to call it. ⛺ Which ever day I arrive, probably before setting up camp I’ll visit Taughnahock State Park and check out the beach on Cayuga Lake. I checked, the Winery opens at nine AM both days including Sunday. I didn’t know wineries could sell before noon in New York but apparently they can. That said I doubt I’d be out to Montezuma before noon either day.🐦 Probably won’t spend much time at Montezuma as it’s going to hot and sticky and there won’t be many birds out and about.

I kind of would prefer to visit the Watkins Glen Pool on the weekend 🏊 as it’s fully open then. Weekdays half of the pool is closed I believe although maybe not if it’s hot and sunny and there is enough people. But then again the swim lanes are fully open and the nice chairs are always available when the pool is open. The other thing is I only plan to spend half the week in the Finger Lakes, the balance of the week will be in Allegany or Cattaraugus County in Western New York and then down to Pennsylvania for a few days. 🚙

In four weeks on August 12 the sun will be setting at 8:01 pm,🌄 which is 30 minutes and 5 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had humid, partly sunny and temperatures between 79 and 67 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 61 degrees. The record high of 99 degrees was set back in 1944.

Looking ahead, Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 is in 3 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 4 weeks, National Dog Day 🐩 is in 6 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 7 weeks and Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 12 weeks.

July 15, 2019 Morning

Good morning! My calendar 📅 says Happy Cow Appreciation Day 🐂! But I guess the internet disagrees. I still appreciate all that cows do regardless of the day. 🐮 Three weeks to Work Like a Dog Day 🐩. That’s everyday where I work lately, especially on Mondays and Fridays. But next week is vacation.

Currently it’s partly cloudy and 67 degrees at the land of the Delmaritian. Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees. The barometric pressure has been rising all morning according to the display in my bedroom.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 83 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. It’s the hottest time of the year but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fairly nice like today. Maximum dew point of 59 at 8am. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 93 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1997.

Today it’s back to work. 💼 It was a bit of a rush to catch the bus 🚍 as I had to unpack the cooler and some of my camping gear and take a shower 🚿 before running out to the bus. My eye 👀 and throat are a little bit irritated but I’ll be fine by the Monday meeting I hope. I wouldn’t have been so concerned with getting in close to on time ⌚ if it wasn’t for the dang meeting. I got to finish my notes 📝 and get through the news clips. 📰

The sun will set at 8:31 pm with dusk around 9:04 pm, which is 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 59 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 30 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 59 at 7pm. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1946.

On this day in 1959, the Steel Strike of 1959 gets underway, forcing contractors to either import steel or delay construction projects. 👷Many chose to import lower-cost steel, with the result being the US Steel industry never recovering.🚧

This weekend is expected to be really hot to start off my vacation. 🏊 Saturday, mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 93. Maximum dew point of 70 at 6am. Sunday, sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Maximum dew point of 66 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 83 degrees.

I am thinking about leaving on Saturday for summer vacation, the first day camping at Brookfield and swimming at Glimmerglass Beach. 🏊 I thinking leave before eight on Saturday, get to the beach when it opens at ten, swim, then camp in Brookfield. Sunday head out to the Finger Lakes National Forest, maybe swimming in Seneca Lake on Saturday. I’d miss our on a night of camping but the ice would remain longer and I probably get an earlier start on Saturday. Plus then when I got out to the Finger Lakes, I could get and set up at the campsite I really like for the full week or as long as I decided to stay there. ⛺

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Work Like a Dog Day 🐩 when the sun will be setting at 8:10 pm with dusk at 8:41 pm. On that day in 2018, we had hot, humid, sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 90 and 63 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 99 back in 1955.

The Weekend that Was At Moose River Plains

This past long independence Day Weekend I went up to Moose River Plains. Some observations and notable things from the weekend that was — I’m going to post additional pictures and stories later.

Wednesday

I got to leave work early on Wednesday around 3 PM, so I was home by 3:30 PM on the road by 4 PM.
Deciding that the traffic would be bad at that hour on all expressways, I decided to shun the main roads for the blue highway.
I took State Farm Road (NY 155) to US 20 West to Duanesburg Church Road past Mariaville Farm to NY 30 to Indian Lake then out to Cedar River Road.
Driving past the Mariaville Farm, I was noticing how many hogs they had in a barnyard near their home. And I saw a hog taking a piss — they pee like cows. Farming is great but I think I’d want more distance my house and livestock.
I still need to visit For the Love of Bacon. It’s just off of the first exit of Interstate 88, I have no excuse not to.
Google Maps estimates that the trip via the Northway at normal traffic would take 2 hours and 20 minutes, my shun-pike way took about 3 1/2 hours, although the Northway with delays was looking closer to 3 hours when I checked on Wednesday evening.
That said it was worth it because I really hate driving on the expressway.
I thought I heard a noise driving up to Moose River Plains that had me a bit worried, turned out just to be strap on the kayak flapping around.
Made it to Cedar River Flow by 7:30, took some pictures at the flow and signed in.
There are new entrance signs. They say you should call for a camping permit for all stays over three nights even if you plan to camp at a different part of the plains. I think that’s silly and not consistent with the regulations – I stayed four nights but at two different sites.
I wouldn’t object to getting a camping permit but it’s a pain to play phone tag with the ranger when you should be able to do it online.
As soon as I stepped out of the truck I realized what a buggy weekend it was going to be with a shit ton of horse flies
The first night I camped at campsite 26 which is a little ways up from the Silver Run. Nice night, but buggy until it got dark.
It was nice to leave work early and not have to set up in the dark. Kept my campsite simple as I planned to break camp early and get a site I really liked around the Moose River so I could walk to a swimming hole from camps.
I bought some wood at Quinzal’s on Cedar River Road on the way up and had a good fire with that plus some wood I found in the woods.
Stayed up late until around midnight, drank a lot of beer, listened to some podcasts and music until around midnight.

Independence Day

The next morning I got up probably too early, stumbled around and took down camp. Headed straight toward the Big T, hoping to find a campsite near water in the plains where I could swim.
I ended up choosing campsite 94 which was a short walk to the Moose River Bridge which at the time I set up had no near neighbors
It was a nice site, open and airy but well screened and set back from the road. Had a nice new outhouse and picnic table although the fire place was in rough shape.
Deer flies were nasty.
I tried sitting and reading in my hammock and despite being covered from head to toe in a mixture of Picardin, DEET and PMD it only limited them a bit.
Another family on Independence Day took the campsite across the way – a good working class family and they had a pretty wild party up at Moose River Plains on independence Day with lots of country music, fireworks and alcohol.
Independence Day was hot and buggy, the deer fly were so bad for a while I left hammock and took a nap in my truck with the fan blowing.
Despite napping in my truck a deer fly got inside and bit my lip while napping. It hurt like a mother. I almost thought about taking down camp and heading home.
I eventually strapped on my bathing suit and went down to the Moose River to cool off for a few hours.
Finished one book started another one. Very pleasant laying in the hammock after dark .
Did a night hike to Icehouse Pond and it was nice but buggy.
Had a decent size fire, lit off some small fireworks

Friday

Friday I hiked back to the Beaver Lake. Been a long time since I’ve been back there. Not many fish biting with the heat.
Beaver Pond at least had a steady breeze that limited the horse flies but it was hot.
That said while I was down by the lake I got bit by a horse fly and my ear got swollen.
I forgot how enormous that
Hiked back to camp then back into the Moose River to cool down.
In the evening I hiked down Otter Brook Road to the Sly Pond Trailhead.
Laid out on the Moose River Bridge for about an hour looking at the stars
It was pretty laying back in the hammock watching the stars and my laser light show on the trees above how the light scattered and was beautiful.

Saturday

Saturday was a bit more stormy with lots of clouds but only a few showers
I had plenty of electricity despite the lack of sun for most the day
I did more reading, laid in the hammock, wrote some blog posts and listened to podcasts
Disassembled my camp stove and determined it was the burner unit is where the leak is and needs to be replaced.
I went to Moose River to swim for a few hours, listening to podcasts.
Didn’t gets lot of rain but most of the day was cloudy. Certainly not the heavy rains of Albany.
Went back to Icehouse Pond to fish around dusk
Sat out on the Moose River Bridge watching the stars into the wee hours of the morning. Much clearer tonight no light pollution

Sunday

Sunday I broke camp modestly early although I proscastinated a bit as I wanted to top off the starting battery with solar so it would be healthy to start the truck.
Ended up deciding Stillwater was too far away to hike the Fire Tower so decided to paddle Moss Lake.
Not a really big late, lots of noise pollution from Big Moose Road and crowds, wouldn’t paddle again and caught nothing.
I wish I had done something different but I felt like I should use the kayak having brought it.
Headed home shunning the interstates again, taking NY 28 through Old Forge to Remsen then Middleville and NY 169 to Little Falls to NY 5S and then decided to take NY 152 through Rural Grove down to NY 20 and home. Slower than the Thruway but I like seeing all the farms along it.

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