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The sloppy Wednesday before Thanksgiving 🌨️🌧️ 🦃

I guess it started out as snow but it’s all rain, rapidly killing off the remaining snow. Basically it’s just really cold and damp out. Taking the early bus in this morning to walk laps around the Plaza Concourse before work. Not riding in this morning, lol.

Good morning! What day is it? A sloppy day before Thanksgiving, of course. 🦃 I’m mostly just thinking about the Adirondacks on Friday. Rain and 39 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. ☔ There is a northeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. There is a half inch of slop on the ground. ☃ ️Too wet to call snow and it is rapidly disappearing with the rain. The dire emergency snow storm has been canceled. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 5 pm. ☃️

The earliest Voorheesville bus 🚍 is absolutely packed with state workers 🧑🏽‍⚖️ which I’m surprised with the holiday being tomorrow and the year rapidly coming to a close in 39 days. 🗓 Next month usually traffic drops a lot both on the buses and city streets as so many people take time off before the close of the year.

Not riding Blackie 🚵 into work today, so I’m walking on the Concourse indoors. 🪙 The bus company got my buck thirty, and I’m indoors walkin today. 👣 Gotta get my steps in. 👣 After all tomorrow is Thanksgiving 🦃 and then Friday it’s off to the Adirondacks.

Got up around 5:45 am which is late for me ⏰ but I was a bit tired as I woke up a few times during the night and got listening 👂 to podcasts. 📻 Pumpkin pancakes 🥞 for breakfast. Swapping the banana 🍌 for an egg 🥚 in the mixture definitely makes it things much more cake like. Less sweet though.

Today will have a chance of rain, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 43 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 30th. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A rather dreary day. 😔 A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 48 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1931. 9.1 inches of snow fell back in 1943.❄

I figure they’ll let us go at two o’clock or so 🏢 👉 🏘 but with the dreary weather ☔ there is really no reason to leave before the early express bus 🚍 at four o’clock. If it was nicer and I rode my bike in like yesterday I might take the get out of jail pass 🛂 but alas it’s not free. I don’t have that much time in my time bank left over.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:42 am with sun having an altitude of 27.3° from the due south horizon (-43.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 11.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:46 pm with the sun in the southwest (236°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (243°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:29 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 15 seconds with dusk around 4:58 pm, which is 41 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, 227,556 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:34 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 42 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 35 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 53 seconds over yesterday.

Later today, I plan to post the Albany County Election Results 🗳 to my blog in the popular format, you know the kind with turn out and drop off calculated for each election district, 🧮 and make up some maps. 🗺

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 36 degrees at 6am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 2nd. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 24 degrees. The record low of 4 occurred back in 2018.

It seems like all that Greek yogurt, Keifer and saukraut has helped with my upset stomach that I’ve been having lately. 🤮 That and no bean soup, or pea soup. Maybe it was a stomach bug 🐛 that bad garlic powder I dumped down the sink or too much fiber. That said, the chicken 🐔 soup I made up last night to go with the homemade bread 🍞 was good. Also opened up some of the canned pumpkin 🎃 to have with Greek yogurt for dessert.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 7 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 41. Typical average high for the weekend is 45 degrees.

I didn’t commit to taking off Monday 🗻 yet as I wanted to see how much snow 🌨 they got in the Adirondacks before deciding to go north but I think 🤔 it will be a nice and weekend if not a bit cool. But I can have hot soups, a campfire 🔥 and I’ll have my propane heater ♨ and warm clothes for warmth.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain showers, partly cloudy, mild weather with temperatures between 54 and 39 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 68 back in 2001.

Tuesday before Thanksgiving 🦃

40 days left in the year, three days until I head up north to the Adirondacks. Heat is finally turned on for a while though this time of year I find it overrides and is uncomfortably warm.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Mostly clear and 16 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Cold start to the morning. Free car battery and heat test. My heat was back on for a while last night until it got too uncomfortably warm inside. Regardless, things will start to thaw out at around 10 am. 🌡️

To ride in or not, 🚲 that’s the question 🙋. It’s cold out but I like saving the buck thirty 🪙 and the exercise – it’s better than walking 45 minutes. I want to get in early though so I have time to walk 🚶 the Plaza as this evening looks like crap. Going to rain tonight with wet snow. 🌨 ☔ Got books 📚 out of the library to read tonight and when I’m camping 🏕 in the Adirondacks this weekend.

Today will have increasing clouds ☁, with a high of 40 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 9th. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 9 to 14 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1931. 0.8 inches of snow fell back in 1937.❄

Two 🍞 loaves of bread are baked, had a nice breakfast of eggs 🥚 and all the fixings, along with some fresh bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. 🍳 Has given me a lot of energy ⚡ plus that cold really wakes you up. 😲 But I’m ready for the day to come. But first eighteen flights of stairs to climb – actually one less than that because you start at number one floor not counting the stairs in the LOB.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:42 am with sun having an altitude of 27.5° from the due south horizon (-43.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 11.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:47 pm with the sun in the southwest (236°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (243°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:30 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 15 seconds with dusk around 4:59 pm, which is 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (139°) at an altitude of 31° from the horizon, 226,594 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:35 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 40 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 14 mph. Tomorrow will have 9 hours and 35 minutes of daytime, a decrease of one minute and 52 seconds over today.

The weather might be shit by the end of day 💩 but the way I look at it I’ll toss my bicycle 🚲 on the bus 🚍 and whatever. Still saved the bus fare 🪙and got some better exercise then walking 🚶 though my goal 🥅 is to get in 10k steps in if possible without an evening walk. 👣

Tonight will rain, snow, and sleet before 11pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow between 11pm and midnight, then rain after midnight. 🌧 Low of 36 degrees at 9pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 6th. Southeast wind 14 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 28 degrees. The record low of 8 occurred back in 2018.

Cool this weekend with temperatures running 8 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 39. Typical average high for the weekend is 45 degrees. Going to be cold ❄ up north but I’ll dress warmly and spring the propane heater. I should be good on propane gas for the weekend. ♨ Planning to take off Monday so I have four days and three nights away from it all off the grid. Leave Friday which is a state or at least agency holiday.

Bar owners will note that there are 2 weeks until Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm. Might be able to get good specials that day not that I drink much anymore. It’s not real healthy. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 44 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 65 back in 2001.

The mouse got away from the mouse zapper 🐭

One of the other directors at work was saying how wonderful those electronic mouse zappers are but I avoided buying one as they’re like 20 bucks. At first it was great, catching three mice with no mess or blood, just open and dump the reusable trap but last night I heard a mouse and the zapper was tripped but no mouse to be found. Much like the snap traps, the mice are somehow getting away. Annoying. Same thing happened with the bucket drowning trap – catch a ton at first and then the rest get away.

Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 30 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌥 There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at around 7 am. 🌡️

Up a little after 5:30 am ⏰ I decided to the route involving eggs 🥚 and spinach with onions, beans, broccoli and whatever else I wanted like cottage cheese and ;nutrional yeast and hot sauce. 🍳 It was good except for the egg I dropped on the floor and had to clean up half awake. 😴 I didn’t need to get up that early to cook but I had to run to the bathroom 🚽. That said the electric blanket felt wonderful this morning, still resisting turning on the central gas heat downstairs.

Walking 🚶 down to the earlier express bus 🚍 from the Park and Ride. A bit too cold and wet to ride to work 🚲 today plus Lynne is leaning on me to attend yet another Colonie meeting about developing even more of the Pine Bush. This week it’s housing, a change from the warehouses and industrial solar facilities. 🏘 🏭 🌲I’ll catch the 182 up there after work I guess. Walking laps in the Concourse.

Figured with that extra cup of coffee ☕ probably best to walk the Concourse and then when I inevitably need to run to the restroom I can stop there. At least with the eggs and hopefully the full nights sleep – I was asleep a little after eight – 🛏 I won’t have the blood sugar crash 😴 of yesterday around ten o’clock in the morning when I could barely keep my eyes 👀 open reading that cap grant 📝 I was reviewing on my desk. It inevitably wasn’t the most excited organization without colorful people running it like the brain 🧠 teaser of one I got later in the day.

I am blaming the cream of wheat 🌾 with the blueberries 🫐 and chia seeds and greek yogurt for the crash but it probably was as much getting up at five o’clock to bake the bread and soup, listening to the Bread Greatest Hits record 💿 and that very boring 💤 cap grant I was reviewing. 🔎 I guess every day at work can be exciting, some days are just dull. That said, the blueberries and cream of wheat did hit the spot.

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy 🌞, with a high of 44 degrees at 11am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 28th. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 1973. 14.4 inches of snow fell back in 1972.❄

That fifteen bean soup 🥣 and homemade bread 🍞 really hit the spot on the cool evening last night, it was good on a cool evening. I went for my evening walk 🚶 shortly thereafter headed to bed 🛏 with the heated blanket trying to watch as much of the Udemy course that I could with my eyes open before going asleep. That said, I’ve been gassy 😲 since eating that especially with that bread that contains all of those shredded carrots 🥕.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:41 am with sun having an altitude of 29.2° from the due south horizon (-41.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:53 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (239°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (246°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:35 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 11 seconds with dusk around 5:04 pm, which is 57 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:40 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 14 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 51 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 11 seconds over yesterday.

I got oranges 🍊 for a snack in the office 🏢 as they are coming back into season and it’s important to have lots of Vitamin D with the darker days ahead and inevitably more people getting sick. 🤒 I was doing the muzzle thing for a while when I got back from West Virginia 🗻 though I stopped but if I hear sick people in the office that I can’t persuade to go home, I’ll put it back on.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 25 degrees at 5am. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 7th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Another cool autumn evening ahead. In 2022, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of 14 occurred back in 1939.

A fairly typical mid November weekend with showers for opening day in the SZ. 🦌 Saturday, a chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Bang, bang. 🔫 Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 44. Typical average high for the weekend is 48 degrees.

I am just focused on the Friday after Thanksgiving 🦃 for getting out of town. I am already tired of the Albany and ready for more nights 🌃 in the wilderness. But who knows what the weather will be like at that point but one can hope. 🤞

Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:53 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 44 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 65 back in 2001.

Trips to End The Year 🏕 ☃ 🎇

Seven weeks remain until New Years Day.

My vacation time is rapidly getting depleted for the year, the nights are long, but I want to do a few more trips, probably tacked onto holiday weekends so to minimize the time burned up of my remaining vacation. Much could change between then in now, the weather is definitely a wildcard with extreme cold, snow and rain potentially requiring changes to the plans. There are other weekends I could tack time onto to take off, but it gets difficult with family celebrations and other things happening during the month of December.

East Branch Sacandaga River – Black Friday through Cyber Monday

I am thinking I will likely head up to the East Branch Sacandaga River come the day after Thanksgiving. By then hunting season will be winding down in the Northern Zone, and being off of NY 8 I won’t have to worry about snow or bad road conditions, though if the snow is deep I might want to reconsider. It’s been a few years since I’ve camped up that way, and while I don’t enjoy the road noise, there is always a lot to explore up that way and it could be pared with a hike in Lake George or Warrensburg-area. I’ve never been up Prospect Mountain, and it might be a fun hike before heading up to camp for the balance of the week through that Monday, which I would have to take off from work.

Charles Baker State Forest – Friday December 22nd through Christmas Day

I am thinking of taking a three-night trip on days leading up to Christmas to Charles Baker State Forest in Brookfield Madison County. While off-road trails are closed to mountain biking during the winter months, I could ride some of the forest roads or hike or ski. Also go down and spend time at the Rogers Nature Center in Sherburne, hike or bike the Chenango Canal Trail and other roads nearby. Probably camp at the Horse Camp as that’s lower elevation and not so cold — and the risk of snowy and icy roads is less compared to Cherry Ridge. While Cherry Ridge is plowed most of the way to campground, that road is only plowed for emergency vehicles and is quite steep unlike that of the Horse Camp which is a blacktop county highway. But certainly plans could change based on the weather.

Rensselaerville State Forest – Friday December 29th through New Years Day

I am going to be sole director in my unit on that final Friday of December, so I can’t take that day off, however I am hoping I can leave the office early at 2 PM for a three-day weekend at Rensselearville State Forest that isn’t too far from my office — only about a half hour and get set up before it’s too dark out. Worse comes to worse, I can set up on Saturday morning.

But the idea is if I camp there it’s not far from home, but I can have some nice winter nights camping, assuming it’s not too cold or wet. If it’s snowy that’s fine, the road is plowed year round and I can dig out the campsite that is unlikely to be in high demand. And it would be fun to wish away the old year, and ring in the new one camping up in the wilderness, with a good fire waiting for mid-night to roll around.

Feeling great after a good night’s sleep ☺

I was in bed a little before eight last night and asleep shortly thereafter. I went for my evening walk right after dinner then slept until six o’clock though I did get up a few times in the night to use the bathroom. Eggs with all the usual vegetables for breakfast this morning.

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Tomorrow is Veterans Day Observed. Another state holiday, November is good for that. Rain letting up and 36 degrees in Bethlehem, NY. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 14 mph. 🍃 with gusts up to 26 mph 💨💨💨. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 11 pm. ☃️

No morning walk 🚶 today though it was decent enough to walk down to the earlier express bus 🚍 and now I’m walking in the Concourse before work. I probably could have ridden to work today but it’s rather damp and wet this morning. I thought about trying to catch the 7:20 AM downtown, but that was a bit early for me. But I still got in 5,000 steps before work, so I’m happy. I am going to see how close I can get to 10,000 steps before the bus ride home, 👣 but I concede I’ll probably have to do an evening walk. That said, I don’t mind the evening walk, especially if I do it right after dinner.

Tried the avocado 🥑 oil I got from Aldis this past weekend and was very impressed with the results. It’s like cooking with asbestos, the 500 degree smoke point means you can cook at high on the stove without the oil breaking down much less smoking. Things get crisp without burning. Great for cooking onions. 🧅Healthy omega 3 fat too. ❤️‍🩹 Real nice.

Today will have rain showers, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 23rd. South wind 7 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 51 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 1975. 10.0 inches of snow fell back in 1900.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:40 am with sun having an altitude of 30.6° from the due south horizon (-40.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:59 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (241°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (248°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:40 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 8 seconds with dusk around 5:08 pm, which is one minute and 6 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:44 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 46 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 10 hours and 2 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 21 seconds over yesterday.

Yesterday I was sort of in a haze most of the day. 🤯 It was tough to get back into the routine with the time change, 🕒 plus I was up after nine 9⃣ finishing kneading the bread 🍞 and then up at five o’clock to bake the bread along with Butternut Squash. Then I spent a lot of time studying election results 🔎 at work as it was otherwise a rather slow day 🐢 in the office 🏢.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 37 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 30th. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south after midnight. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1965.

I still haven’t turned on the central heat where I live. ♨️ The thing is with all cooking and the blankets, I don’t mind the cool. I did bring out the space heater and use it for like 5 minutes that one day last week when I chilled through, but other then it’s not been that cold. I’m not home all that much either, especially with all the traveling lately. And I’m thinking of heading out of town again this long weekend, as it will be cold but sunny, lol.

Veterans Day Weekend looks crisp but sunny 🌞. Friday, Veterans Day Observed cloudy and 52 degrees. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Sunday, sunny and 43. Typical average high for the weekend is 51 degrees. I am now leaning towards spend the weekend in the Green Mountain National Forest, extending it to include Monday for three-nights, four days, much like last weekend. It will be cool but lots of sun. I’ll decide by mid-day, after checking my work calendar and how much time I have to take off. 🏕

But then again, I was looking at the Vermont Hunting Season schedule, 🦌 an opening day in Vermont is Saturday, so I probably don’t want to be camping this weekend there. I could do something in New York, though probably best to just stick closer to home this week, save some gas and money. ⛽ I really need a quiet, off week after all the traveling lately. I thought about Burnt-Rossman or Rensselaerville, but maybe it would be better just ride my bike around town. 🚲 I wonder if they’ll finally have that Slingerlands Rail Trail bridge open. Going to really be a cold weekend, even if sunny.

Looking ahead, there are 2 weeks until Thanksgiving 🦃 when the sun will be setting at 4:28 pm with dusk at 4:57 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 49 and 24 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 46 degrees. We hit a record high of 72 back in 1931.

Nostgolia on this Election Day 2023 ☕🙈🗳️

This year I’m glad I’m not involved in any elections or doing anything political. Just sipping my coffee watching the sun rise remembering the days gone by but glad I’m not at all rushed this morning.

Good morning! Happy Election Day 2023. Partly cloudy ⛅ and 51 degrees at the Stoney Pond State Forest. ☔ There is a west-southwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 47 degrees. I can smell the manure somebody’s spreading this morning 💩 it’s November in Madison County and the field work is soon to be done for the season. 🚜 They might have snow as soon as midweek.

Turned out to be a much nicer morning then expected. ☕ I knew it was going to be a great day when I awoke, saw the clear night skies 🌜and the moon. Had a nice hardy breakfast of eggs 🍳 with lots of vegetables and onions 🧅 that I got at Aldi’a yesterday in Cazenovia. While yesterday was cold, damp and gray at times it was still a good day with lots of riding 🚲 and making the most of my day off. A lot has changed in this world over the past few years but mornings are still quite beautiful and the coffee is good.

Glad I’m not involved in any elections this year 🗳 but there were many hard fought ones out of Bill Magees auction house 🗝️ 🍶🏺just down the road. Been half a decade now, I saw the bridge in Cazenovia they renamed after him. It was sad he lost five years ago, but during that general election cycle wasn’t my race. 🧑‍🌾 Truth is winning these rural districts is almost impossible with the democratic party becoming mostly an urban issues party with gun 🔫 control one of their top priorities. I can understand why people vote the way they do nowadays out in the country. 🚜 It’s not just Trump. Both parties have become more extreme but the Republicans have really locked up the rural areas nowadays. I have a feeling that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Senator John Tester of Montana are going to loose in 2024, especially if the GOP runs a stronger presidential candidate then felon Donald Trump. ⏳ Time moves on. Democrats though really have locked up the suburbs, especially the older ones and professional class. 🕴🏻

Today will have showers likely, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 43 by 5pm. 🌦️ Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. 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 in the morning with sunny skies in the afternoon. The high last year was 69 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1938. 4.5 inches of snow fell back in 1886.❄

I’m not sure how long it will be nice, clouds are already pushing in. 🌥 I don’t want to deal with wet camping gear 🏕 so I’m slowly but surely taking things down. I don’t have solid plans for today but I think 🤔 I’ll just go for a walk 🚶 around Stoney Pond then head home and get unpacked. 👪 Planning to go see my family this afternoon it’s been three 3⃣ weeks as I’ve been out of town 🌲 on various trips. Despite yesterday being cold and dreary especially midday it was a great trip.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 11:47 am with sun having an altitude of 30.9° from the due south horizon (-39.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 10 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:08 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (241°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (249°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:50 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 8 seconds with dusk around 5:18 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:53 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 44 degrees. Breezy, 20 mph breeze ⛅ from the west-northwest with gusts up to 32mph. Today will have 10 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 26 seconds over yesterday.

Yesterday I rode the South Trail from outside of Cazenovia to New Woodstock. 🚵 Nice ride though best on a mountain bike as some parts of the trail are a bit rough with roots and gravel. Pungent with the cow poop and water slurry 🐮 💩 one of the dairies was applying to a nearby field but that’s to be expected this time of year.

Spent a little bit of time riding around New Woodstock yesterday after taking the South Trail from outside of Cazenovia to New Woodstock. 🚂 Neat little village with a Historical Museum just off the rail trail. They like in Cazenovia also have an old Black Diamond Caboose there. Cute little village.

Unfortunately my bike had developed a really annoying squeak on Sunday afternoon ⚙️ which I couldn’t figure out and started applying grease everywhere, including getting it all over my hands 👐 and jeans 👖 and started to drive me crazy thinking I might have a failing bearing or some problem that could leave me stranded. I thought it was just some stone dust from the Erie Canalway somewhere it shouldn’t be mixed with the grease. Kept stopping, applying grease trying to find the noise. 🔕 Finally, I figured it out, it was the left pedal got some stone dust in it and squeaking. A little spray lubricant, knock off WD 40 on the pedal after my south trail ride 🚲 returned my sanity.

Swung by Critz Farms hoping to get apples 🍏 but it looked like only the brewery was open 🍻 and I wasn’t looking for a drink. So I went to Cazenovia Lake Park. Kind of cold gray afternoon but the geeese didn’t seem to mind the cool gray day on Cazenovia Lake. 🦆

Then I went to the Lorenzo State Historic Site, never been there before. ⛲ Been by it a million times though. It was a Monday so all the buildings were shut up and no visitor services or as I needed a bathroom 🚽 but it was still nice to explore the grounds. Swung by the library 📚 in Cazenovia for a pee.

Then I Canastota – Cazenovia Trailway, it was starting to rain and was cold didn’t spend a lot of time, ☔ wanted get back to camp and start cooking soup plus by then I needed another bathroom 🚽 break. Too much coffee ☕ in the morning. 🌅 Also didn’t feel like carrying my mountain bike over several steps to cross Bingley Road. Visited Aldi’s in Cazenovia 🍏 🥦, such a delightful shopping experience. 🛒 Low prices, simple selection quick in and out and the cashier lines without them bagging is so quick. ☺

Got back to camp around 4 pm accidentally brushed a tree with one of my tires backing into the campsite ⛺ rushing having to pee but didn’t do any body damage to my truck 🛻 as the tires stick out beyond the body. Sun ☀ came out and ghe wind died down. Fried onions and mushrooms, boiled carrots, broccoli, spinach and whole wheat pasta, added some tuna fish 🐠 for an excellent dinner. Soup really warmed me up 🍲, I just wish I had some homemade bread 🍞 to dip in it but I eat all of that the previous three days. Had a nice fire 🔥 didn’t rain until 7:30 pm so it was a good evening at which point I retired to bed 🛏 in my truck for the evening.

Tonight will have a chance of rain and snow showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 11pm and 1am, then a chance of flurries after 1am. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 3rd. Northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. In 2022, we had clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of 18 occurred back in 1971.

Cool but fairly decent now for Veterans Day Weekend, especially come Saturday. ☀ Friday, clouds then clearing, high may reach 43. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Sunday, going to be sunny and 39. Typical average high for the weekend is 51 degrees. Probably will stay 🏡 next weekend.

Looking ahead, next Tuesday is Average High is 50 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 4:42 pm with dusk at 5:11 pm. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 42 and 27 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 50 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 1973.

And now another adventure 🛻

Next weekend now looks better lol? I’m packed though and ready to go with an ambitious agenda. More sun would be nice but I take what I can get as winter’s coming and I have Monday off with Tuesday being a state holiday for the mostly uncompetitive elections I voted in last week mostly pissed about the drone issue not that I even own a drone.

Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 42 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear around 6 pm.

I had forgotten how unpleasant the side effects were from the COVID jab 💉 as my arm 💪🏻 was a sore throughout yesterday though the bike ride in the cold both ways probably didn’t help. 🚲 And then I was sleepy 😴 all afternoon yesterday, maybe because it was a five 5⃣ day work week after

So I’m off for a four day trip out to Madison County. 🐮 Not quite West Virginia but it’s a good adventure I have planned closer to home. 🌥 Not going to be a real sunny weekend but mild, not looking super wet. Lots of gravel biking maybe some single track trail riding come Tuesday. Plus exploring Chittenango and Canastota on the Erie Canalway. 🚲 Plus Cazenovia, a fun town and I want to check out the Aldi there. 🛒

Tried to keep the packing list 📃 simple and to the essentials for this four day, three nights trip. I’m close enough to stores 🏬 to buy supplies if I forget something or if things go terribly wrong I can head home. 🏡 But a lot of the camping 🏕 gear I keep in the truck year round. Trying though to keep this trip under $100 for all consumables like gasoline, and any items above and beyond ordinary food. Banana or oatmeal that I would eat regardless don’t count but paper towels do. Though most of the consumables I have from vacation already bought.

Quick breakfast 🥚 of eggs I boiled last night, some whole wheat bread I baked on Thursday 🍞, apple 🍏 and I’ll bring an a banana for the road. A five hour energy ⚡ for my caffeine jolt and a quick shower 🚿 and hopefully I won’t be pissing all day. No ginger or tumeriac until I’m to camp, lol. 😂 That five hour energy ☕ packs in as much caffeine as 2 ½ cups of coffee which I probably would otherwise drink and be pissing my way to Madison County. Plus I drank a lot of water 💦 yesterday to overcome the symptoms of the COVID jab.

Stopping at Tractor Supply in Guilderland to top off my propane tank 🏮 after 8 am when they open to be safe though it’s not super low after such a mild vacation but the nights are long and cool especially with the time change. 🕒 Set my manual clocks ahead at home, will do the truck before I leave. Also will need more gasoline and a few groceries – bananas 🍌, apples 🍏, carrots 🥕 and whatever fruit and vegetables look good and are cheap as I’m good on grains and proteins. Maybe honey, 🍯 cottage cheese and Greek yogurt. Canned pumpkin? 🎃 And fuel ⛽ for the truck.

Today will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 55 degrees at 2pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. South wind around 6 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 71 degrees. The record high of 76 was set in 1994. There was a dusting of snow in 2006.❄

Going to be a rather gray day today but the plan is to spend the balance of the day riding the Chenango Canal Trail 🚲 down to Hamilton from Bouckville. But not too late as the sun sets early and I want to have time to find firewood. 🔥 Gain an extra hour tonight and I get up so early these days, but I’m going to be a bit more relaxed about getting up but still probably in darkness to maximize the limited daylight. 🌅 Plus I like sipping coffee ☕ watching the sun rise.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:40 pm with sun having an altitude of 32.1° from the due south horizon (-38.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:06 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (243°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (250°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 6 seconds with dusk around 6:14 pm, which is one minute and 15 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:49 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 53 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 12 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 28 seconds over today.

Yesterday was my last bike 🚲 ride home after work with the time change 🕒 but I still think I want to try to ride to work as much as possible until too cold and snowy ☃ and take the bus 🚍 home in the evening. It was a nice ride home, the wind not as strong as I had feared. But by no means am I going to ride through the South End after dark and onto an unlit bike path in the gorge. But the buses all have racks to take my bike home. 🚶 And I’m going to start doing evening and probably morning walks again.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 41 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 17th. Calm wind. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 17 occurred back in 1951.

Got looking at Ebooks and all the online services my library offers. 📚 I’m still in the mindset of the library being just physical books but they have hundreds of ebooks, magazines, and especially those free training classes on advanced computer classes for GIS 🗺 and other skills like programming with Udemeny. While I probably wouldn’t pay for the online classes, they’re remarkably good and free through the library. 🖥 And they can be accessed from my smartphone 📱.

Looking ahead, next Saturday is Veterans Day 🪖 when the sun will be setting at 4:38 pm with dusk at 5:07 pm (Standard Time). Big change with the time change. Friday also is a state holiday with Veterans day observed then. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 69 and 48 degrees. This year it could snow or be wet ☔ or maybe not it depends on the timing of the front come Thursday into Friday. Typically, the high temperature is 51 degrees. We hit a record high of 70 back in 2002.

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