Good evening! Partly clear and 43 degrees in Dormansville, NY. Calm wind.

Vacation ends and you move on with your life. 😔 Wasn’t the greatest vacation ever with a lot of cloudy and rainy days and if I had a chance I’d do it differently next time but I you can’t look back. You just have to move forward. 📷 Maybe I had a good time but looking back at the photos I took I see a different impression. But then again I might rethink it later on. Face it, I’m tired 😴 and not happy about going back to work or Albany more generally. But I need money, and while Appalachia and coal country is beautiful, they’re ain’t a lot money there – despite Trump digging coal, whatever that means for that dirty dying industry. 🏭

Drove back wearing my glasses as I misplaced my contacts. 👓 I am not a big fan of wearing glasses but I also didn’t want to waste another pair of cintsc and I figured my hands were pretty dirty despite washing them regularly camping. Really didn’t want to g an eye infection. 👀

The trip back was colorful 🍂with really good foliage especially in the Western Catskills. If I had my way, I would have taken this week off for the road trip but I had family 👪 obligations.

Mount Pisgah County Park was nice with some color but bitterly cold. Missed the turn the first time driving up there, memory fades after two years. ↩The winds were really whipping around making it a little bit cold. 🍃 It was a little nicer at the Marie Antoinette Overlook with fog 🌁 in the valley and some color in the hills but I di not stick around for long because I esnt to head home 🏡 and get unpacked.

Still plenty of burn barrels 🔥 when I es still in Pennsylvania. Saw two households burning garbage on Columbus Day, one outside of Troy and one just south of Vestal NY. More dumpsters and trash services now though as I think people find plastic fires to be kind of noxious.

Tonight will have patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🎑, with a low of 36 degrees at 6am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 27th. Calm wind. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 39 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 95% illuminated. The moon will set at 8:37 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with a showers is likely then chance of showers. The Beaver Moon 🌝 is in 4 weeks. The sun will rise at 7:07 am with the first light at 6:39 am, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 12 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have patchy fog before 10am. 🌁 Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 59 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 17th. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1897. There was a dusting of snow in 1939.❄

Back to work tomorrow. 💼 It’s important that I make money 💵 so I can pay down my bills. For a nine night, ten day road trip, my biggest expense was gasoline ⛽ and wear and tear on the truck, besides food and cans of beer my only real expense was $10 for last night at the rustic campground.

This next weekend is the Pine Bush hike, 🌲so I can’t go up to the Adirondacks for the weekend but maybe hiking somewhere on Sunday? 🚶In two weekends might take a three day weekend to Burnt Rossman or maybe the Catskills. ⛺ Burnt Rossman will probably still have a bit of color then, could do some squirrel hunting.

In four weeks on November 11 the sun will be setting at 4:37 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 38 minutes and 17 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 41 and 26 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 50 and 33 degrees. The record high of 70 degrees was set back in 2002.

Looking ahead, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 2 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 4 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ is in 7 weeks, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 7 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 8 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 10 weeks and Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 3 months.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Cool but pleasant.

Got everything packed up that I can do tonight and retiring to bed early after taking a sleeping pill 💊. It’s a long drive out to the Allegheny National Forest from Albany and I plan to stop at some parks and scenic vistas on the way out so it’s going to be a long drive. 🌲 Going to buy bagged firewood as it might be close to dusk 🌆 by the time I start setting up camp. I kind of wish it was a slower pace tomorrow but I’ll have at least a lot of chance to enjoy the leaves driving through the hills and countryside on what promises to be a beautiful autumn day. 😎 Rain and clouds on Sunday and Monday but I can have a nice fire 🔥 and will pitch my tent ⛺ with the heater to stay toasty. I have lots of warm food to cook up 🍲 and my camp stove is working well.

A few things left to buy. 🏪 Need to get extra lantern 🏮 mantles and paper baking cups. Then just the firewood and gas up the truck before Pennsylvania ⛽ so I can avoid buying the expensive gas there.

Is West Virginia totally out of the question 🙋 now? Ninity precent yes but if they get a good soaking rain Sunday and Monday and the burn ban is lifted I could consider it, at least going own to Cannan Heights WV for the remainder of the week. Hope isn’t totally dashed on that. So much more I’d like to explore around there. But the New River Gorge is probably not going to happen until 2020 or later. But I’m thinking more likely then not I’ll head up through Allegany State Park and explore Cattaraugus County and the Western Finger Lakes and maybe do a little hunting and a lot of enjoying of the scenery. Disappointed 😥 yes but it still will be a good time with some nice nights in the wilderness with a full moon 🌕 by the end of the week.

As much as the fire ban 🚫 sucks on cold long October nights, just as bad would be the dust 🌀 on those dirt road campsites. Every time a car or truck passes by enormous clouds of dust fly everywhere including in your coffee ☕ cup and your dinner. 🍲 Those dusty days of yesteryear really were pretty awful during times of drought. 💨

At least I won’t have to drive those narrow steep West Virginia roads. 🚙 But there will be some nice scenery in Western New York with the leaves close to peak foliage. 🍂 Plus I can hunt and fish as much as I want.

Tonight will have areas of frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 35 degrees at 5am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 31st. North wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1965.

Tonight will have a First Quarter with 54% illuminated. The moon will rise at 2:27 pm. The First Quarter Moon will be tonight with mostly clear skies. The Hunter Moon 🌝 is on Saturday, October 12th. The sun will rise at 6:55 am with the first light at 6:27 am, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 12 hours and 24 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 60 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 15th. Calm wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1941.

Got a perfect little camp shovel ♠ at the hardware store. Not a folding shovel just a small wooden garden shovel. This should allow me to dig much deeper and wider holes for dumping the bucket shitter 💩 and properly burying the waste – which can be a lot over multiple days. Really should be a good improvement over the little trowel I use. Also perfect for ditches for draining camp and digging out fire pits or smothering fires.

In four weeks on November 1 the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm,🌄 which is 43 minutes and 34 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 48 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 54 and 35 degrees. The record high of 78 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, November 🥧 is in 4 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 8 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 2 months, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 9 weeks and Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 13 weeks.

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Tomorrow starts the autumn road trip, 🍂 which was perfectly planned until it wasn’t. I guess you can over plan life. It’s really silly 😋 to get all stressed out by a plan. I can just drive and I’ll end up somewhere in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or Western NY. Four weeks to November 🥧. Partly cloudy and 50 degrees in Bethlehem, NY. ⛅ There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃.

I am really struggling on the trip plan, but after reviewing the evidence, I’ll probably go out to Allegheny National Forest for the weekend, and then either head north to Cattaragaus County and small-game hunt 🐿️ and hike up there, or maybe go down to West Virginia for a few days, if they get some rain and the drought weakens.🔥 I guess I don’t really need to have a fire when I’m down there, but the dust on the dirt roads might not be nice, 🌪 especially when your trying to drink coffee in camp. ☕ But while I’m in the Alleghany National Forest, especially when it’s raining, going to have some nice fires. And I’ll figure it out one day at a time.

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 22nd. Maximum dew point of 46 at 8am. North wind 9 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1891. 6.5 inches of snow fell back in 1987.❄

The sun will set at 6:32 pm with dusk around 7:00 pm, which is one minute and 44 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 54 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 36 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 4th. North wind 3 to 8 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 46 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1965.

Tomorrow will have areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny 🌞, with a high of 60 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 15th. Light and variable wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1941.

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. South wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. ☔ Maximum dew point of 56 at 9pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 64 degrees.

Tonight I will go to the laundromat 👕 and then maybe to Delmar hardware to see if I can get a small shovel to use as a good shovel for burying poop and other organic waste up at camp. 🥄 I don’t want something too big, but I need a better camp shovel then my trowel, so I can get my poop 💩 dug deeper and be able to do more camp projects — I might want to dig a few places for the rain to drain out, as it’s going to pretty wet at camp on Sunday into Monday. 🌧 I so hate finding toilet paper in the woods, 🧻 the only thing worse is finding broken glass. 🥃

I also need to stop somewhere and get more lantern mantles. 🏮 Probably Walmart in Oneonta is the easier thing for that. I also need firewood,🎋 I’ll get the bagged stuff, especially if I’m driving all the way to Allegheny National Forest after visiting some state parks, being October, it will probably be close to dark by the time I set up camp, if not already dark.🌃

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until November 🥧 when the sun will be setting at 5:48 pm with dusk at 6:17 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 48 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1950.