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From Hunter Tower NW

From the Hunter Mountain Firetower, looking North West. Very hazy and not nice day for pictures, cold breeze is blowing and a little snow coming down.

Taken on Sunday April 12, 2009 at Hunter Mountain.

February 4, 2017 Night

“With apologizes to Donovan, when the sunshine stated pouring through my window today, I decided to get off my velvet throne and go out to Partridge Run WMA and go cross country skiing for about two hours and then drove down through Huntersland.” 

“And no, I don’t really own a velvet throne. My desk chair is my an old paint bench I use camping with a chair top that I broke the legs off. But hell it’s durable. I like it. ” 

On that note, Good evening! Partly clear and 23 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south-southwest breeze at 5 mph. Kind of a chilly evening but it’s still early February. No, I’m not camping. Maybe soon if we get some decent weather. I’d love to have a good fire under the stars. 

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 19 degrees at 6am. Three degrees above normal. Not that cold for early February. South wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2016, it got down to 24 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. The record low of -15 occurred back in 1918.

Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 58% illuminated. Look up, it’s easy to see tonight if you’re out in the cold. The moon will set around 3:00 am. The Full “Snow” Moon is next Saturday. The sun will rise at 7:04 am with the first light at 6:35 am, which is 1 minutes and 9 seconds earlier then yesterday. Tonight will have 13 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 30 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of snow between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high of 36 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal. South wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 41 degrees. The record high of 59 was set in 1890. 10.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.

In four weeks on March 4 the sun will be setting at 5:49 pm, which is 35 minutes later then tonight. In 2016 on that day, we had snow and temperatures between 38 and 18 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 40 and 22 degrees. That’s getting closer to camping weather. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1919.

Looking ahead, Average High of 40 is a month away, April Fools Day is in 8 weeks and Independence Day is in 5 months.

I have many new maps, photos and stories for next week. Things were a bit quiet on the blog today but I did enjoy my time out in the wilderness. 

September 14, 2015 afternoon

Good afternoon. Currently 73 degrees and with blue skies and some clouds. One thing I’ve noticed since September has rolled around is how much the evening shadows are creeping over downtown buildings. Sunset is at 7:07 PM and civil twilight at 7:45. New moon.

As had been the case recently, traffic leaving the city is really bad. The few extra cars due to school being in session and vacations being over have caused extensive delays. At least I’m not driving.

Last night enabled a new feature on the blog that lets you like posts and photos. Made some other adjustments and miscellaneous blog fixes, and will be featuring new, more modern maps that include the wildlife management units. Little fixes here and there. I don’t expect many major changes this winter.

Off to Mom and Dad’s house to pet sit. I thought about going out back to the campsite at the creek but things are a bit wet and the wind probably would make it cold sitting out back by the fire. Maybe tomorrow.

Been playing with my camera phone and figuring out what I can do with it on Instagram. The fixed lens and camera quality sucks on the first generation Moto E I have but I’m learning how to use it for creative effect. As much as the camera sucks, I love the FM radio feature. It’s nice being able to listen to All Things Considered on the bus ride home without using a ton of bandwidth.

June 24, 2015 evening

Good evening. 64 degrees and fairly sticky with some good stars. A pretty nice Friday. The weekend will be nice but rather hot and humid with thunderstorms. Not many fireflies tonight because it’s too cool for their liking. I did see a bat aka a mosquito vacuum cleaner earlier.

Tommorow it’s off to Long Pond State Forest and then Sunday it’s the Finger Lakes. Fishing Saturday. Probably visit Buttermilk Falls and swim there on Sunday. I did my wash and packed it. Bought enough food for one night – will buy more out in Ithaca on Sunday. Water containers are full. Table and regular camping supplies are in the truck. Which reminds me I need to get the Dutch Oven out from upstairs. Need to pack cold food in the morning along with personal supplies.

I checked the fluids on my truck and they are all good and I’ve been driving around with the windows and radio off to check for any signs of problems. Also stuck my head under the hood with engine running, and all seems normal. Every noise worries me because it would suck to get stranded in the Finger Lakes or Pennsylvania. I’m paranoid. Everything is fine. The truck is only four years old so it should be fine.

Should be a nice week. I will post photos and updates throughout, along with interesting new content and some twice reheated content.